Posted on 05/25/2011 6:42:09 PM PDT by Libloather
Ex-IMF chief Strauss-Kahn finds luxury digs in Tribeca
By JAMIE SCHRAM, JENNIFER GOULD KEIL and BOB FREDERICKS
Last Updated: 8:20 PM, May 25, 2011
The Upper East Side rejected him, and he quickly wore out his welcome downtown, but Parisian pariah Dominique Strauss-Kahn has finally landed a posh pad in Tribeca.
The uber luxury $50,000-a-month townhouse at 153 Franklin St. -- replete with a bar, home theater, gym and steam bath and spa -- is where the IMF chief accused of the sex assault and attempted rape of a midtown hotel chambermaid will sit out his house arrest while he awaits trial, sources told the Post.
**SNIP**
The man already derided by critics as a member of "the Caviar Left" for his expensive tastes and Socialist politics should feel right at home surrounded by the best furnishings and electronics money can buy.
Along with the professional-quality kitchen and a "nanny suite," the first floor features a "great room" with a skylight and fireplace, perfect for those pre-trial strategy sessions with his lawyers, and limestone "radiant heat" floors, according to the broker’s swanky online description.
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If boredom is an issue, perhaps he could find a little more excitement back in Rikers.
He’s out of jail. My money is on his skipping town.
Tribeca, umm. Pricey place. Maybe he can invite some locals over.. I think DeNiro lives close by, too bad he couldn’t take him for a ride.
Still wondering who is paying the tab for this guy’s residence, and who’s paying the tab for his defense, his everything?
Socialist don’t pay for anything themselves. Always OPM.
When he finally lands in the ‘Big House’....
He’ll really be ‘bored’.
Oh, don't worry. He has plenty of stolen money squirreled away to pay for everything.
$50,000-a-month townhouse at 153 Franklin St. -- replete with a bar, home theater, gym and steam bath and spaSounds post, better than the hotel -- trouble is, he can't get anyone to visit him there.
Thye're all like that.
And I too am wondering who is paying for his stay. He's very well off but Frogs are cheap and I doubt that he'd pay for it himself, no matter how much money he has.
Right you are. Not only “Frogs are cheap”, but Leftists, Frogs or not all think they are something special, and deserve only the best that OPM can buy.
Thanks Civ
He’s bored! I’m feeling sorry for him already, I wonder how la Gauche Caviar would feel about Attica. He wouldn’t be bored, Im sure!
“...he was only a bird in a gilded cage...”
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Thanks for the pics. Doesn’t look very posh to me, just overpriced. Not comfy at all, just cold and foreboding just like he is.
A 25 ft wide townhouse in NY is really small; most are 50-100 feet wide.
His wife, Anne Sinclair, is the one with the money. And tons of it.
Always using women. It just never ends.
“The uber luxury $50,000-a-month townhouse at 153 Franklin St. — replete with a bar, home theater, gym and steam bath and spa”
No different than a jail cell for a commoner. He’s used to $3,000 per night hotel rooms. This dump comes out to only $1700 per night. I sure hope it has a toilet.
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Shocking, isn’t it! What will that buy him in Attica?
I think that excitement would be had by his fellow inmates.
I hope he does. Trials these days are so tedious! But an escape would be a neat twist, especially if there were hints of DGSE and/or Soros being involved. And when he turns up in his home country, the diplomatic row would be a popcorn opportunity and prolong the IMF's disgrace.
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