Dominique Strauss-Kahn

Dominique Strauss-Kahn would be invited into the apartment two employees of the hotel, which would be refused

Former director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has sought the company of two employees of the Sofitel hotel in Manhattan, one day before the alleged attempted rape of a maid, according to police sources close the investigation, CNN reports.

While he headed receptionist Strauss-Kahn at the apartment, after registering at the hotel, he asked to remain for some champagne, "said the source, but the receptionist told investigators that he refused.

Subsequently, according to the same source, Strauss-Kahn called her from his apartment to another receptionist, to ask if he wants to join, to drink together after work. Like the first receptionist, she declined to IMF director. "He described it as a flirt, " said the source cited.

Further details are starting to emerge from police interviews with hotel staff about contacts he may have had hotel staff with the client before the alleged sexual assault.

Meanwhile, another police source gave more details about when police entered the Air France plane bound for Paris, JF Kennedy Airport for his detention. This source said that Strauss-Kahn asked the police what happened. Another source said it remained silent when he was transferred to detectives in New York and when he was questioned by investigators from the special unit, the Special Victims Unit.