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(Updated) DSK Indicted on Sexual Assault Charges — Granted Bail

Update:

A judge has agreed to free former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn from a New York City jail on the condition that he remain under house arrest.

The judge set bail at $1 million, and approved an elaborate arrangement under which the 62-year-old diplomat and banker would be confined to a private apartment in Manhattan and monitored by armed guards.

Strauss-Kahn will also have to take out a $5 million insurance bond.

Original story below.

NEW YORK (AP) — His political career in shambles and his leadership of the IMF a memory, Dominique Strauss-Kahn was formally indicted Thursday and made a new bid to get released from jail while he awaits trial on charges that he sexually abused a hotel maid.

The former head of the International Monetary Fund arrived in a Manhattan courtroom Thursday afternoon wearing a gray suit and an open blue shirt. He turned to give a quick smile to supporters in the gallery that included a daughter and his wife, the television journalist Anne Sinclair.

The 62-year-old banker and diplomat has offered to post $1 million in bail money to gain his release from the city’s bleak Rikers Island jail complex. He’s been behind bars since his arrest Saturday.

(Updated) DSK Indicted on Sexual Assault Charges — Granted Bail

Former IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn

A prosecutor began the hearing by announcing that a grand jury had found enough evidence for an indictment, a procedural step that elevates the seriousness of the charge.

“The proof against him is substantial. It is continuing to grow every day as the investigation continues,“ said Assistant District Attorney John ”Artie” McConnell.

An attorney for Strauss-Kahn, William Taylor, said that Sinclair had rented an apartment in the city where her husband could be confined and watched by an armed monitor, although he suggested few precautions were necessary.

“In our view, no bail is required to confirm Mr. Strauss-Kahn’s appearance. He is an honorable man … and he has only one interest at this time, and that is to clear his name,” Taylor said.

Strauss-Kahn resigned as managing director of the International Monetary Fund late Wednesday, saying he needed to focus on clearing his name.

His lawyers have promised that, if released, he won’t flee to France. They have asked that Strauss-Kahn be placed under house arrest in New York, and wear an electronic device to monitor his movements.

(Updated) DSK Indicted on Sexual Assault Charges — Granted Bail

The defense team made a similar request Monday that was denied, but was making additional arguments before a new judge, Supreme Court Justice Michael J. Obus, who oversees all criminal courts in Manhattan.

The judge called a brief recess during the hearing to ponder written materials.

Scores of reporters lined up outside the courtroom door before the hearing, with still more journalists and cameras poised outside the building. State court system spokesman David Bookstaver said the media throng was one of the biggest at the courthouse since Mark David Chapman was arrested in the 1980 killing of John Lennon.

Prosecutors have opposed Strauss-Kahn’s release, saying his wealth and international connections would make it easy for him to flee.

Strauss-Kahn is charged with attacking a 32-year-old housecleaner Saturday afternoon at his Manhattan hotel suite. The 32-year-old West African immigrant told police that he chased her down a hallway, forced her to perform oral sex and tried to remove her stockings.

In his resignation letter, released by the IMF executive board, Strauss-Kahn denied the allegations against him, but said he would quit to protect the institution.

The political wrangling over who will succeed Strauss-Kahn at the IMF already has begun. European officials, including Germany’s chancellor, the European Commission and France’s finance minister, have been arguing that his replacement should be European.

Some authorities from China and Brazil have said it is time to break Europe’s traditional dominance over the position and appoint someone from a developing nation. U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has asked for an “open process,” without mentioning any specific candidates.

Comments (35)

  • morristhewise
    Posted on May 21, 2011 at 10:20pm

    Nothing angers a man more than a poorly performed ********. Nothing angers a woman more than a man that complains about its quality. DSK is not a rapist but he was ungrateful and disrespectful to a woman that was not an expert at the fine art of Falatio. She was deeply hurt and insulted, an apology by DSK and a gift should end the legal battle.

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  • DrFrost
    Posted on May 20, 2011 at 9:32am

    Rape is one of the most unreported crimes and it’s also one of the most falsely reported crimes.

    On the one hand, if he did this it’s a horrible crime and he deserves to be punished for it.

    On the other hand, if the maid is setting him up (and she definitely had opportunity to plant evidence if she planned this) that’s horrible as well.

    I hope the truth comes out.

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  • Hobo Gator
    Posted on May 20, 2011 at 7:20am

    BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP – Fast escape jet service, may I help you? Yes, I need a jet at Long Island in 20 mins. Yes, we can do that. What is the destination. France. Yes, we can do that. Thank you. That will be $35,000.00, how will you be paying? Cash. Great, we love cash. See you sir in 20 mins.

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  • LIBS-ARE-DINGLEHEADS
    Posted on May 20, 2011 at 6:27am

    Oh, and one more thing…….

    There are – and always WILL BE – two sets of “justice” in this world.

    One for the powerful, and one for everyone else.

    Until that changes, and we SOCIALIZE THE LEGAL SYSTEM – this crap will continue ad nauseum.

    EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER THE LAW? PLEASE.

    IT IS THE LEGAL PROFESSION THAT MUST BE SOCIALIZED.

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  • LIBS-ARE-DINGLEHEADS
    Posted on May 20, 2011 at 6:24am

    Prediction:

    He’ll whole up in his cushy Manhattan bungalow for months, eating creme brule’ and Kobe beef. Great wine. Give interviews to the French media. Become a “victim”. Totally turn the tables. Our media will cover him like a rock star. People will forget. His lawyer will spin this akin to a Maytag dryer – make HER the aggressor. Charge HER with attempted homocide (since she has HIV).

    Trial. Cost to the US taxpayer? 5 million +.
    Verdict? Guilty of “criminal mischief”.
    Fine: 1 million
    Released.

    French President in 2016.

    You heard it here first.

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  • Eblaze44
    Posted on May 19, 2011 at 11:14pm

    If you couldn’t grant him bail – how can you grant bail to anyone. FIRST – you have all already found him guilty and there has been no trial. reminds me of the Lacrosse players. That he should be in jail – but for running the IMF more than anything else. The same place Alan Greenspan should be or his majesty Geithner and Bernanke.

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  • thegreatcarnac
    Posted on May 19, 2011 at 7:05pm

    He is the epitome of a leftist socialist. He believes he is part of the ruling class and everyone else is his subjects. Women are his for the taking. He thinks he is a little god…like obama does. Leftist are NOT the saviors of the people. They aim to be the rulers of the masses. They live in luxury and the rest fight for scraps. Yet…they along with a willing, leftist, mainstream press make themselves look like they are ‘for the people’. That is a lie. This guy is the poster child for the left.

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  • The Old Duffer
    Posted on May 19, 2011 at 6:02pm

    Set him up in a secure penthouse somewhere. Then send in a new young maid every 24 hours.

    He will never be sent to prison. He knows too much about too many powerful people.

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    • Ghandi was a Republican
      Posted on May 19, 2011 at 6:52pm

      It’s funny because i was saying that about blago when his trouble started. they were trying to blackball him and he shot right back. I believe he is by far the most honest one in the bunch, and he played them like a fender guitar by angling to bring in lowbama and the princess ballerina.

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  • UlyssesP
    Posted on May 19, 2011 at 5:13pm

    When do they indict Obama for raping America?

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  • SilentReader
    Posted on May 19, 2011 at 5:04pm

    Money talks! Dominique Strauss-Kahn is just another corrupt globalist without clothes. Pun intended. The sort of thug that runs these global institutions of ill-repute and unaccountability.

    Hey, how about prosecuting the imposter in the White House next? Darn, I wonder if his producing that hurried fake birth certificate on April 27th, just before shooting Osama in the head, had anything to do with the release of Dr. Jerome Corsi‘s book Where’s The Birth Certificate that noone in the government MSM will talk about?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMx4vqjBdjY&feature=player_embedded

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  • Ghandi was a Republican
    Posted on May 19, 2011 at 4:58pm

    Oh yea– Don‘t think for a minute this guy doesn’t have enough dirt on enough of the right people to walk away unscathed.. That’s what Big Government chummy chummy is all about. It‘s the Good ol’ boy Network rebooted on steroids!

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  • I.Gaspar
    Posted on May 19, 2011 at 4:48pm

    I bet he skips…

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  • donh2
    Posted on May 19, 2011 at 4:35pm

    Kahn just agreed to resign from his IMF position , then he gets bail hours later. More proof this was all a set up. The fascist thugs will do the same thing to Netanyahu if he does not sign a resignation letter that gives away Jerusalem.

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  • KickinBack
    Posted on May 19, 2011 at 4:30pm

    Je suis libre! Je suis libre! Quick Jean-Pierre, me faire des préservatifs!

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  • suzpenn
    Posted on May 19, 2011 at 4:19pm

    Oh where, oh where, can the ‘Reverend’ Sharpton be, oh where, oh where, can he be? A rich, white, and powerful man, has raped me, oh where can Al Sharpton be? Great Article in American Thinker by Russ Vaughn on this subject. Doesn’t it make you wonder why the Reverend Al has been so silent? Must be Soros’s money!

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  • Living In NYC
    Posted on May 19, 2011 at 3:56pm

    Socialist Power Grabber!

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  • GENEPAGLIARI
    Posted on May 19, 2011 at 3:54pm

    No bail, no ankle bracelet or other special treatment. No escaping the horrors of riker’s island. No cushy apartment. He is a flight risk.

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  • jackact
    Posted on May 19, 2011 at 3:50pm

    DSK indicted on sexual assault charges…..he’s a pervert, we know.
    How about the big picture; when does the USA opt out of their annual $108 billion obligation to the IMF?
    Liberals talk about the ‘out-dated’ constitution but never the IMF, World Bank and UN.
    Why do liberals never complain about the fact that the IMF has never given the continent of Africa one dime?
    I thought they cared…..

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    • biohazard23
      Posted on May 19, 2011 at 4:06pm

      No one REALLY cares about all those starving kids in that forsaken place. Not even Bono.

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  • Melanie
    Posted on May 19, 2011 at 3:39pm

    Allegedly he has done this many times before. Big mistake to do it in the US, where we all are equal under the law.

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  • 13th Imam
    Posted on May 19, 2011 at 3:38pm

    International Moochers Fund. I say the country with the biggest pocketbook , picks the boss. I’d Druther we get out of this cesspool altogether

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    • CatB
      Posted on May 19, 2011 at 3:43pm

      He should sit in jail until trial .. we are supposed to take the “word” of a socialist French pos?

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    • JRook
      Posted on May 19, 2011 at 4:02pm

      Ok he is 62 and not a very physical looking guy. How exactly do you force someone to perform oral sex without a weapon or brute force. This might get interesting when all the information regarding the situation comes out.

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    • CatB
      Posted on May 19, 2011 at 4:09pm

      His French nickname is “The Seducer”

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  • Beware of False Prophets
    Posted on May 19, 2011 at 3:36pm

    Could we please STOP abbreviating peoples names in headlines!

    Laziness is such a sad disposition.

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    • BIGJAYINPA
      Posted on May 19, 2011 at 4:16pm

      Somehow I figure that the Imposter-in-Chief will use his lapdog Holder to find a way to butt in and get this slug released on some technicality. Once released he will of course flee to France where he will thumb his Gallic nose at our Justice Syetem. Need I say Ira Einhorn or Roman Polanski to anyone?? The French have a long history of ignoring the laws of anyone they don’t like, and that includes most of the World.

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    • Ken
      Posted on May 19, 2011 at 4:17pm

      How about you KMA!!!

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    • CatB
      Posted on May 19, 2011 at 4:38pm

      How long do you think it will take for him to FLEE … I don’t give it long … a private jet and he is off.

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on May 19, 2011 at 4:39pm

      I figure this guy will either run, or run and get a full pardon from the administration before a trial would be given.

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    • Dustyluv
      Posted on May 19, 2011 at 4:44pm

      Maybe he will share houses with Polanski….

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    • chazman
      Posted on May 19, 2011 at 5:54pm

      This creep will escape back to France, with the help of George Soros and Obammy!

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    • Cemoto78
      Posted on May 19, 2011 at 8:14pm

      Not so smug and elite now are ya jack knob…..who’s next, tax cheat Timmy, Van Jones, Valerie Jarret, stay tuned as they will soon be dropping like flies and jail/ prison would be a great place for all of them.

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