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27 April 2024

Strauss-Kahn's New York bolt-hole for sale

The media set up in front of the townhouse in the Tribeca area of Manhattan where former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn was held under house arrest in New York, in May 2011. (AFP)

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By AFP

For sale: New York house with great privacy recently given up after a short rental by Dominique Strauss-Kahn. Price: $13.99 million.
 
The Manhattan townhouse used by the former International Monetary Fund chief during his house arrest on sex assault charges has been free since charges were dropped last month. He left for his native France earlier this month.
 
The listing appeared on www.townrealestate.com.
 
It boasts a home movie theater, gym, spa, four bedrooms and roof deck access, all luxuries apparently valued by Strauss-Kahn and his millionaire wife Anne Sinclair who rented the property for an estimated $50,000 a month.
 
They also found that the house, at 153 Franklin Street, made a good refuge from a huge media presence camped outside.