Ex IMF Head Strauss-Kahn Released on Bail

World | May 21, 2011, Saturday // 12:27|  views

The former head of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn. Photo by BGNES

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, now former head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has been released from the notorious Rikers Island jail in the city of New York, after spending 4 nights there.

Strauss-Kahn, who denies charges of attempting to rape a hotel maid, was released after posting bail in the amount of USD 1 M. He is to be kept in home detention at an undisclosed location in Manhattan, under 24-hour guard and wearing a monitoring bracelet.

The ex IMF head agreed earlier to be confined to a luxury apartment but residents there refused to accept him, reports, cited by BBC, say.

Strauss-Kahn is charged with seven counts including four felony charges - two of criminal sexual acts, one of attempted rape and one of sexual abuse - plus three misdemeanor offences, including unlawful imprisonment.

His accuser alleges he had accosted her after she entered his hotel room to clean it.

Strauss-Kahn was denied bail at a hearing on Monday, but on Thursday he went before a different judge.

The prosecution had argued that the defendant should be denied bail, as he had the means to live "a life of ease and comfort" in parts of the world "beyond this country's jurisdiction".

Defense lawyers said their client was honorable and would not try to abscond.

On Wednesday, Strauss-Kahn announced his resignation from the IMF.

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