Saturday, May 21, 2011

Ex-IMF chief released to home detention

Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, 62, was discharged from jail after a New York judge ordered his release to temporary housing in downtown Manhattan, where he will be under 24-hour armed guard.
He posted $1 million cash bail plus a $5-million bond Friday.
Strauss-Kahn, accused of sexual assault and attempted rape of a hotel housekeeper, will be housed for a few days near the former site of the World Trade Center after an earlier plan for an Upper East Side apartment fell through.