The court agreed to free Strauss-Kahn on bail terms of $1 million in cash and also on the condition that he would remain under house arrest.

IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, accused of attempting to rape a hotel housekeeper, was ordered held without bail by a New York judge.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the head of the IMF and a potential candidate for the French presidency next year, was charged with attempted rape.