Deletion of Dominique Strauss-Kahn sexual assault case

Comment: This event forced the head of the IMF is forced to resign.  http://www.voanews.com/english/news/economy-and-business/Embattled-IMF-Chief-Resigns-122218109.html.  Before his arrest he was considered the front-runner to challenge Sarkozy for the 2012 French Presidency http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/indepth/2011-05/19/c_13882950.htm, and this event left the French Socialist party in disarray http://www.france24.com/en/20110517-strauss-kahn-affair-throws-socialists-disarray-presidential-election-2012-france.  It has been covered in roughly 24000 news outlets http://news.google.com/news/search?q=dominique+strauss-kahn.  Yes it is news, and yes it is recent, and that makes for some difficulty in writing about it; however, I really fail to see how anyone could conclude that this fails the |general notability guidelines ("has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject"?) or that the event won't be of lasting significance, whatever the actual outcome of the case
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG)