Former IMF Chief In Broadway Apartment Downtown

[steve2470]

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/IMF-Chief-DSK-Strauss-Kahn-Bail-Released-122315149.html

Friday, May 20, 2011 | Updated 8:07 PM EDT

By Jonathan Dienst and Shimon Prokupecz

Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been released from custody at Rikers Island and is out on bail until his next court appearance on charges of sexually assaulting a Manhattan hotel maid.

Strauss-Kahn arrived Friday evening at 71 Broadway, a lower Manhattan luxury apartment building, where he will stay for at least for the first few days of his home confinement.

The French politician will be allowed to leave the residence for one weekly religious observance, medical appointments, meetings with lawyers and court appearances, according to the release order approved by a judge Friday.

A judge granted a request made by lawyers for the former International Monetary Chief on Thursday to let him out on $1 million bail.

[Ghost Dog]

1. That man definitely needs security guards (in his own defense):

The former French finance minister, who will subjected to electronic monitoring around the clock and must wear a tracking device on his ankle, was originally expected to be taken to an apartment on New York's wealthy Upper East Side.

The plan was changed when news of the location leaked.

"The reason that we had to move is because members of the press attempted to invade his private residence," defense lawyer William Taylor said.

/... http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/20/us-strausskahn-bail-idUSTRE74J59U20110520

[cutlassmama]

2. The rich get to luxurate in an expensive apartment, while the

Plebians get the dirty jail.