International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde arrives for a second day of the court hearing at a special court house, in Paris, Friday, May 24, 2013. Lagarde faced questioning at a special Paris court Friday over her role in the 400 million euro ($520 million) pay-off to a controversial businessman when she was France's finance minister.
IMF Chief Christine Lagarde (C) and her lawyer Yves Repiquet (R) arrive on the second day of her hearing by French magistrates in Paris May 24, 2013. Lagarde was questioned in court by French magistrates on Thursday over her role in a 285-million-euro ($366 million) arbitration payment made to a supporter of former President Nicolas Sarkozy.
Head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), France's Christine Lagarde (L), poses for a photograph as she arrives at the French Republic Justice Court, on May 24, 2013 in Paris, for a second day of a hearing to decide if she should be charged over a state payout to a disgraced tycoon during her time as finance minister. Lagarde was grilled for 12 hours on Thursday over her 2007 handling of a row that resulted in 400 million euros ($515 million) being paid to controversial business figure Bernard Tapie.
Head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), France's Christine Lagarde, gestures as she leaves the French Republic Justice Court, on May 23, 2013 in Paris, after a hearing to determine whether Lagarde should be charged over her handling of the case that led to the French government paying French businessman Bernard Tapie, a former minister compensation of 400 million euros ($520m) over a dispute with a state-controlled bank.
Head of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, leaves a special court house accompanied by a police officer in Paris, Thursday, May 23, 2013. International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde faced hours of questioning at a special Paris court Thursday over her role in the 400 million euro ($520 million) pay-off to a controversial businessman when she was France s finance minister.
IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde leaves her apartment building for a French court, in Paris, Thursday, May 23, 2013. Lagarde is being investigated by the special French court over a controversial arbitrage deal, which she oversaw as French Finance minister in 2008.
