PARIS—Just months into a new career as the editor of the French edition of The Huffington Post, and after 21 years of marriage, Ms. Sinclair moves on.
The wife of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former International Monetary Fund chief, acknowledged in a newspaper interview on Friday that the two have separated.
Anne Sinclair, a famous French television journalist who is now editor in chief of Le Huffington Post, the local version of the U.S. online news service, stood by Mr. Strauss-Kahn last year when he was arrested in New York on charges—which were subsequently dropped—of sexually assaulting a hotel maid.
Asked by French daily newspaper Le Parisien how she felt since breaking up with Mr. Strauss-Kahn, Ms. Sinclair said: "Very well, thank you....I am in good shape; I took some vacation; I work hard again."
An assistant to Ms. Sinclair confirmed the content of the interview. Anne Hommel, the assistant, declined to elaborate on whether the couple has filed for divorce. Mr. Strauss-Kahn's lawyers didn't return phone calls seeking comments.
Mr. Strauss-Kahn stepped down as IMF managing director in May 2011 after a New York hotel housekeeper said he had assaulted her. Mr. Strauss-Kahn denied the accusations. Criminal charges were later dropped.
Nafissatou Diallo, the maid, filed a civil lawsuit against Mr. Strauss-Kahn, seeking damages stemming from the alleged assault. Mr. Strauss-Kahn denied the accusations in the ongoing civil case, and in May filed a civil lawsuit of his own against Ms. Diallo, saying the claim was "false" and ruined his life, personally and professionally.
The New York scandal brought to a halt Mr. Strauss-Kahn's political aspirations at the time. The French Socialist had been preparing to run in this year's presidential election, in which rival Socialist François Hollande prevailed.
Accusations surrounding Mr. Strauss-Kahn's sexual behavior have remained in the spotlight in France. Earlier this year, French prosecutors launched a preliminary investigation into an accusation that he took part in a gang rape in the U.S. in 2010.
The accusations stem from a broader judicial investigation into an alleged prostitution ring based out of the northern French city of Lille—a case in which 63-year-old Mr. Strauss-Kahn faces preliminary charges of "aggravated pimping."
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