Dominique Strauss-Kahn's Prison ID

The former head of the International Monetary Fund had all but been anointed the next President of France when he was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a maid at the Hotel Sofitel in Manhattan. Dominique Strauss-Kahn was hauled off an Air France flight and promptly sent to Rikers Island. He vehemently denied the charges. An international circus ensued.

Strauss-Kahn’s wife, Anne Sinclair, posted his $1 million bail bond and put the former French Finance Minister up in a Tribeca mansion that normally rents for $50,000 a month. Another accuser charged DSK with attempted rape in France, and details emerged about an affair he’d had with an IMF subordinate, all while his reputation as a womanizer—and his oddly flexible marriage—came under further scrutiny. The charges in France were dropped due to statute of limitations. Meanwhile, a press war raged between Strauss-Kahn and his alleged Sofitel victim, a 32-year-old Guinean immigrant named Nafissatou Diallo.