A judge in New York City had denied bail to IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who is in court facing charges of sexually assaulting a hotel chambermaid in Times Square on Saturday evening.

The judge said Strauss-Kahn, who tried to flee the country on a Paris-bound Air France jet after the alleged assault, is a flight risk. He was arrested by New York Police Department before the aircraft departed.

Strauss-Kahn has been officially charged with a criminal sexual act, unlawful imprisonment and attempted rape. The 32-year old victim identified him in a line-up.

Strauss-Kahn has pleaded innocent.

Strauss-Kahn’s defense lawyer Benjamin Brafman said his client will be exonerated.

“He intends to vigorously defend these charges and he denies any wrongdoing,” Brafman said.

On Sunday, Strauss-Kahn underwent medical examinations to determine if there was any physical evidence tying him to the assault of the maid.

News of the arrest has roiled France and Europe.

Strauss-Kahn was slated to run for president of France in next year’s elections under the Socialist banner.

The president of the French Socialist Party Martine Aubry said the arrest was a thunderbolt, but added Strauss-Kahn should be presumed innocent.

However, Strauss-Kahn's problems may only be beginning.

A French writer named Tristane Banon, 31, said she might file a complaint against him for an alleged sexual assault that occurred in 2002.

We're planning to make a complaint, Banon's lawyer told Agence France Presse.

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