{"id":427308,"date":"2011-05-20T10:40:57","date_gmt":"2011-05-20T10:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/20\/strauss-kahn-to-be-freed-on-bail\/"},"modified":"2011-05-20T10:40:57","modified_gmt":"2011-05-20T10:40:57","slug":"strauss-kahn-to-be-freed-on-bail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/20\/strauss-kahn-to-be-freed-on-bail\/","title":{"rendered":"Strauss-Kahn to be freed on bail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"101.065502183\"><span><span>20 May 2011<\/span> <span>Last updated at<\/span> <span>06:40 ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div readability=\"32\">\n<div>\n<div readability=\"7\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"holding\" src=\"http:\/\/news.bbcimg.co.uk\/media\/images\/52846000\/jpg\/_52846419_52846418.jpg\" alt=\"Mr Strauss-Kahn enters court\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Please turn on JavaScript.<\/strong> Media requires JavaScript to play.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Strauss-Kahn&#8217;s lawyer said the idea of his client skipping bail was &#8220;ludicrous&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The former head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is due to be released from jail having been granted bail by a judge in a New York court.<\/p>\n<p>Dominique Strauss-Kahn was ordered to post cash bail of $1m (\u00a3618,000) and a $5m insurance bond.<\/p>\n<p>He will be confined to a New York apartment under armed guard.<\/p>\n<p>He is due to appear in court on 6 June, when he will formally enter a plea over allegations he tried to rape a hotel maid. He has denied the charges.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Strauss-Kahn, 62, has spent four nights at the notorious Rikers Island prison since his arrest on Saturday over the alleged incident at New York&#8217;s Sofitel hotel.<\/p>\n<p>He was denied bail at a hearing on Monday, but on Thursday he went before a different judge.<\/p>\n<p>The prosecution had argued that the defendant should be denied bail, as he had the means to live &#8220;a life of ease and comfort&#8221; in parts of the world &#8220;beyond this country&#8217;s jurisdiction&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Defence lawyers said their client was honourable and would not try to abscond.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The prospect of Mr Strauss-Kahn teleporting himself to France and living there as an accused sex offender, fugitive, is ludicrous,&#8221; his lawyer, William Taylor, said.<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-us-canada-13467057#story_continues_2\">Continue reading the main story<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Bail conditions<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Confined to New York apartment rented by wife<\/li>\n<li>Security firm Stroz Friedberg to oversee monitoring<\/li>\n<li>Monitored 24 hours a day, seven days a week<\/li>\n<li>At least one armed guard at all times<\/li>\n<li>Electronic monitoring<\/li>\n<li>$1m bail, $5m insurance bond<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Supreme Court Justice Michael Obus imposed $1m cash bail and said there must be 24-hour home detention, with an armed guard and electronic monitoring.<\/p>\n<p>One armed guard must be deployed at all times, at Mr Strauss-Kahn&#8217;s expense, and the defendant must surrender all travel documents, the judge added. In addition to the cash bail, a $5m insurance bond would also apply.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Strauss-Kahn&#8217;s wife, Anne Sinclair, who was in court for Thursday&#8217;s hearing, is said to have rented an apartment in New York where her husband will be confined.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Strauss-Kahn has now been formally charged following a grand jury hearing, attended on Wednesday by his accuser, a 32-year-old originally from Guinea in west Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The charges set out by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.manhattanda.org\/press-release\/dominique-strauss-kahn-sexual-assault-arraignment\">New York district attorney&#8217;s office<\/a> included four felony counts &#8211; two of criminal sexual acts, one of attempted rape and one of sexual abuse &#8211; plus three misdemeanour offences, including unlawful imprisonment.<\/p>\n<p>Manhattan district attorney Cyrus Vance said Mr Strauss-Kahn had been indicted on all the charges presented to the grand jury.<\/p>\n<p>Late on Wednesday, Mr Strauss-Kahn announced his resignation from the IMF. In <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imf.org\/external\/np\/sec\/pr\/2011\/pr11187.htm\" title=\"link to statement\">a statement posted on the IMF website<\/a>, he said he had resigned with &#8220;infinite sadness&#8221; but wanted to &#8220;devote all my strength, all my time, and all my energy to proving my innocence&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>His resignation has sparked debate about his successor, with leading voices in Europe saying another European should head the fund. A number of figures have voiced support for French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>View original post here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/int\/news\/-\/news\/world-us-canada-13467057\" title=\"Strauss-Kahn to be freed on bail\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Strauss-Kahn to be freed on bail<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 20 May 2011 Last updated at 06:40 ET Please turn on JavaScript. 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