<p>62-year-old Strauss-Kahn would be detained at home ringed by armed guards and has been told to surrender all travel documents.<br /><br />The New York Supreme Court Judge Michael J Obus asked him to pay an additional bond of USD 5 million as he acknowledged that there is "a serious risk" that Strauss-Kahn could attempt to flee.<br /><br />Strauss-Kahn, who has claimed innocence, was locked up in a New York prison since Saturday when he was bundled out of a Paris-bound flight and taken into custody on charges of sexually assaulting a chambermaid at Sofitel hotel in Manhattan.<br />Strauss-Kahn has been charged with a criminal sex act, attempted rape and unlawful imprisonment.<br /><br />He allegedly forced the maid, who is a native of Guinea, to perform oral sex and submit to anal sex.<br /><br />"I expect that you will be here" for court, Obus said, addressing Strauss-Kahn directly.<br />"I do want to make it very clear: If there is the slightest problem with your compliance," court officials would quickly alter the bail agreement."<br /><br />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.<br /><br />Earlier, a grand jury indicted Strauss-Kahn on all seven charges he faced after his arrest on May 16, including four felony counts and three misdemeanors.<br /><br />"These are extremely serious charges, based on the grand jury's determination that the evidence supports the commission of non-consensual, forced sexual acts," Manhattan district attorney Cyrus R Vance Jr said after the bail hearing.<br /><br />Strauss-Kahn is allowed to stay with his wife in the apartment.<br />On June 6, the court will hold an arraignment hearing in which the exact charges will be revealed.<br /><br />Strauss-Kahn, however, has to spend one more night at the Rikers Island prison where he being held since Monday.<br /><br />Prosecutors had cited the example of film director Roman Polanski, who fled from the US in 1977 after admitting to engage in unlawful sex with a minor. Strauss-Kahn, however, has given up his extradition rights, which he is granted as a French citizen.<br /><br />Strauss-Kahn is expected to plead not guilty. His lawyers have also said that the sex was consensual. <br /><br />Yesterday, Strauss-Kahn resigned from the IMF.<br />"It is with infinite sadness that I feel compelled today to present to the Executive Board my resignation from my post of Managing Director of the IMF," Strauss-Kahn wrote to the Washington-based IMF board.<br /><br />"Dominique Strauss-Kahn has today informed the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) of his intention to resign as Managing Director with immediate effect," the IMF said in a statement after it received a formal letter in this regard from Strauss-Kahn.<br /><br />Strauss-Kahn, a socialist politician, was seen as a possible contender in the 2012 presidential elections in French.</p>
<p>62-year-old Strauss-Kahn would be detained at home ringed by armed guards and has been told to surrender all travel documents.<br /><br />The New York Supreme Court Judge Michael J Obus asked him to pay an additional bond of USD 5 million as he acknowledged that there is "a serious risk" that Strauss-Kahn could attempt to flee.<br /><br />Strauss-Kahn, who has claimed innocence, was locked up in a New York prison since Saturday when he was bundled out of a Paris-bound flight and taken into custody on charges of sexually assaulting a chambermaid at Sofitel hotel in Manhattan.<br />Strauss-Kahn has been charged with a criminal sex act, attempted rape and unlawful imprisonment.<br /><br />He allegedly forced the maid, who is a native of Guinea, to perform oral sex and submit to anal sex.<br /><br />"I expect that you will be here" for court, Obus said, addressing Strauss-Kahn directly.<br />"I do want to make it very clear: If there is the slightest problem with your compliance," court officials would quickly alter the bail agreement."<br /><br />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.<br /><br />Earlier, a grand jury indicted Strauss-Kahn on all seven charges he faced after his arrest on May 16, including four felony counts and three misdemeanors.<br /><br />"These are extremely serious charges, based on the grand jury's determination that the evidence supports the commission of non-consensual, forced sexual acts," Manhattan district attorney Cyrus R Vance Jr said after the bail hearing.<br /><br />Strauss-Kahn is allowed to stay with his wife in the apartment.<br />On June 6, the court will hold an arraignment hearing in which the exact charges will be revealed.<br /><br />Strauss-Kahn, however, has to spend one more night at the Rikers Island prison where he being held since Monday.<br /><br />Prosecutors had cited the example of film director Roman Polanski, who fled from the US in 1977 after admitting to engage in unlawful sex with a minor. Strauss-Kahn, however, has given up his extradition rights, which he is granted as a French citizen.<br /><br />Strauss-Kahn is expected to plead not guilty. His lawyers have also said that the sex was consensual. <br /><br />Yesterday, Strauss-Kahn resigned from the IMF.<br />"It is with infinite sadness that I feel compelled today to present to the Executive Board my resignation from my post of Managing Director of the IMF," Strauss-Kahn wrote to the Washington-based IMF board.<br /><br />"Dominique Strauss-Kahn has today informed the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) of his intention to resign as Managing Director with immediate effect," the IMF said in a statement after it received a formal letter in this regard from Strauss-Kahn.<br /><br />Strauss-Kahn, a socialist politician, was seen as a possible contender in the 2012 presidential elections in French.</p>