It didn’t take long for “Former Future French Prez” and full-on dirt dog Dominique Strauss-Kahn to find a landlord willing to overlook his criminal situation for the right price tag.
The former IMF head and his entourage moved into a New York City townhouse yesterday where he will be serving out his pre-trial house arrest.
The uber-luxury, $50,000-a-month townhouse at 153 Franklin St. — replete with a home theater, gym, spa, bar and rec rooms — is where the former head of the International Monetary Fund will sit out his house arrest as he awaits trial on charges he sexually assaulted and attempted to rape a Midtown hotel maid.
The silver-haired French Lothario, who just a week ago was on suicide watch in a tiny isolation cell at Rikers Island, moved last night into a three-story, 6,800-square-foot townhouse — just steps from the Robert De Niro-owned sushi hot spot Nobu — that was secured by his heiress wife, Anne Sinclair.
Flip through for more photos and a detailed description of DSK’s new jail cell.
The 27-foot-wide space in one of New York’s trendiest neighborhoods has attracted A-list actors and athletes as possible tenants, including Cameron Diaz and Alex Rodriguez, who eyeballed it earlier this year.
With four bedrooms and five full baths, there will be plenty of living space for Strauss-Kahn.
Located on a cobblestone street between Varick and Hudson, the home was built in 1915 but recently renovated by noted architect and designer Leopoldo Rosati.
It features a state-of-the-art Boffi kitchen with high-end Miele and Gaggenau appliances.
The man derided by critics as a member of “the Caviar Left” for his expensive tastes despite his Socialist politics should feel right at home surrounded by the best furnishings and electronics money can buy.
The townhouse also has a “nanny suite” where he could house his guards. The first floor features a “great room” with a skylight and fireplace, perfect for pre-trial strategy sessions with his lawyers, and limestone “radiant heat” floors, according to the broker’s description
The second floor has antique French wide-plank oak floors, an Italian limestone bath with a Duravit jet tub and waterfall shower — for relaxing after a hard day dueling with the prosecutors who want to lock him up in Manhattan Supreme Court.
The third-floor master suite has another bar, and the entire edifice has hand-crafted Italian cabinetry, stainless steel staircases and an audio system.
If he weren’t under 24-hour home confinement, the jet-setting horndog could hang with TriBeCa neighbors Jay-Z, Harvey Keitel, Ed Burns and wife Christy Turlington.
And if they don’t feel like cooking, Strauss-Kahn and his wife can still order up mouth-watering takeout from nearby foodie hotspots such as Tribeca Grill, Le Burger Plein Sud or from Nobu Next Door.
Last night, Strauss-Kahn and his wife dined on steaks and salads from nearby Landmarc. The bill came to a whopping $242.79, and his daughter, Camille, signed for it and gave the deliveryman a $25 tip.
Something about all this has to be wrong, like unconstitutionally wrong. Right?
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