Paris (CNN) -- The former chief of the International Monetary Fund who resigned after being charged two years ago with sexually assaulting a maid in a New York city hotel has lashed out at his treatment by police -- particularly his forced participation in "the perp walk." "I think it's a terrible thing, frankly," Dominique Strauss-Kahn told CNN's Richard Quest in his first English- language television interview since he resigned as head of the IMF in 2011. "The problem is, it's a moment where in all European, American society you're supposed to be innocent, you're supposed to be innocent until you're convicted."
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"I think it's a terrible thing, frankly," the former IMF chief tells CNN
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"Perp walks" are standard fare in the United States
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They are not allowed in France
Underscoring the cultural differences between France and the United States, many @placeholder recoiled from images of Strauss-Kahn being paraded before the news media in handcuffs and in court -- photographs that would be prohibited under French law to protect the presumption of innocence.
Underscoring the cultural differences between France and the United States, many French recoiled from images of @placeholder being paraded before the news media in handcuffs and in court -- photographs that would be prohibited under French law to protect the presumption of innocence.