Photographs: Reuters. Betwa Sharma in New York
Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was granted bail by a New York court shortly after he was formally indicted on all sexual assault charges.
The court agreed to free Strauss-Kahn from a New York City jail on bail terms of $1 million in cash and also on the condition that he would remain under house arrest in a Manhattan apartment under the watch of armed guards. Strauss-Kahn is allowed to stay with his wife in the apartment.
Strauss-Kahn gets bail, indicted on sex charges
Image: Wife of Dominique Strauss-Kahn leaves New York Court with daughter.Photographs: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters.
The former IMF chief, who was indicted on all seven counts, is accused of groping and mauling a Guinean maid in his room at Sofitel hotel in Times Square and forcibly tried to have oral sex with her.
Since, prosecutors have argued that he is at flight risk, Strauss-Kahn has to wear an electronic monitoring device and he will be monitored by armed guards at his own expense.
Strauss-Kahn gets bail, indicted on sex charges
Image: Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn gestures during his bail hearing.Photographs: Reuters.
He also has to provide $5 million as collateral and turn over all his travel documents. 62-year-old Strauss-Kahn looked tired as he sat in court wearing a blue shirt and gray jacket without a tie.
His wife, Anne Sinclair, a French TV journalist, was present in court along with their daughter.
Strauss-Kahn gets bail, indicted on sex charges
Image: Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn listens to his lawyer, Williams Taylor.Photographs: Reuters.
Strauss-Kahn, however, has given up his extradition rights, which he is granted as a French citizen.
On Saturday, he was pulled off a Paris-bound flight minutes before take-off and was taken into custody at New York's JFK airport.
Strauss-Kahn gets bail, indicted on sex charges
Image: An NYPD prisoner movement slip for IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn.Photographs: Reuters.
On Wednesday, Strauss-Kahn resigned from the IMF. Strauss-Kahn, a socialist politician, was seen as a possible contender in the 2012 presidential elections in French.
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