EARLIER: PERVERT IMF chief Dominic Strauss-Kahn has a whole wing of New York's notorious Rikers Island jail to himself as he awaits his court case for sexually assaulting a hotel maid. The 62-year-old banker and diplomat is currently in a facility that houses inmates with contagious diseases, like measles or tuberculosis, under constant monitoring by guards after being placed on suicide watch.
Norman Seabrook, president of the union that represents corrections officers said Strauss-Kahn did or said something during a mental health evaluation that made doctors concerned about him taking his own life.
All of the other 14 cells are empty because of fears the the man, thought the man considered to be a future French presidential candidate could be targeted by other prisoners.
A prison insider revealed: "All the guys know he's basically in charge of the World's money and that makes him a very tempting target for some of the prisoners in here.
"There would be a diplomatic incident if anything happened to him so they're treating him with kid gloves at the moment."
Strauss-Kahn has denied the attack on the 32-year-old Guinean immigrant who has a 15-year-old daughter at New York's exclusive Sofitel Hotel.
She told cops that when she entered Strauss-Kahn's suite to clean it on Saturday afternoon, he emerged naked from the bathroom and chased her down a hallway before pulling her back inside.
The maid claims she then briefly fought him off before he dragged her into the bathroom and forced her to perform oral sex on him.
Strauss-Kahn now faces charges of a first degree criminal sexual act, two counts of sexual abuse, attempted rape, unlawful imprisonment and forcible touching and he faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted.
He was refused $1million bail by a female judge who considered him a flight risk.
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