indiscretion. many ask if there is a dark side to the imf director's personality, why was it not known and how exactly did he rise through the system without it being detected? >> the shock was the revelation that they there may have been a darker side. i mean using violence to get sexual favors. but this part, nobody talked about. nobody knew about it to tim mess majority of the lead he was a womanizer. so what. >> reporter: in a way, the most upsetting thing for many french is not the image strauss can got of handcuffs and court but the idea that he fell from so high so fast. one analyst describes it as a disappointment, in a way that part of his character could have so well been hitter finance so long. jim bittermann, cnn, paris.