The wife of the former IMF chief says she was afraid of him

Sinclair and her husband in a New York court.

Reuters

French television journalist Anne Sinclair, the ex-wife of Dominique Strauss, former IFF president, said she was very afraid of her husband when she was living with him.

Sinclair, 72, separated from her husband, Strauss, in 2012, several months after he tried to rape a New York hotel worker in May 2011, although she stood by him during his indictment. "I was a strong woman and I was interviewing powerful, influential people, but when I was with Dominic I was just scared of his anger," Sinclair told Elle. I did not know the reason for that, but I am sure that this is due to submission and acceptance of all his actions.

Strauss's name has been on the record of sexual scandals, since he was accused of sexually assaulting a worker at the Sofitel Hotel in New York. Strauss, who was considered at the time one of the most powerful figures in the world, was preparing to run for the French presidency. Although Strauss rejected the accusation of assaulting the worker, in addition to four other similar charges, the media uproar that was sparked by such accusation against him led to the destruction of his political future, and he was forced to resign from his position as head of the International Monetary Fund.

The charges against him were dropped in New York three months after his arrest.

Sinclair had paid nearly a million pounds in his case, and she said that when she confronted him with this charge, he tried his best to convince her that he was innocent.

Following the media uproar about Strauss-Kahn, it became clear that he was involved in 10 separate relationships during his marriage to Sinclair, who said that she did not know most of these relationships that her husband was having.

She said, "Maybe it was difficult for me to admit it, and I admit that I myself would not have wanted to believe it had anyone told me about it."

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