Strauss-Kahn Fights for Bail

The New York Times reports:

After spending fewer than three days in a cell on Rikers Island, Dominique Strauss-Kahn is making a new appeal to get out on bail.

Lawyers for Mr. Strauss-Kahn, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund who is accused of sexually assaulting a hotel housekeeper, filed papers on Wednesday asking a judge to release him on bail.

Shawn P. Naunton, the lawyer who drafted the bail application, indicated that Mr. Strauss-Kahn would be willing to be confined to a location in Manhattan, wear an electronic ankle bracelet to monitor his movements and post $1 million bail in cash.

The request will be heard at 2:15 p.m. Thursday by Justice Michael J. Obus of State Supreme Court in Manhattan.