Judge Michael Obus also told the former head of the International Monetary Fund to put up a $5 million bond, wear an electronic ankle bracelet, and surrender all travel documents.

Strauss-Kahn, 62, was indicted on all seven charges presented to a New York grand jury following his arrest for the alleged sexual assault of a chambermaid in his suite in the luxury Sofitel hotel on Saturday.

"Under American law, these are extremely serious charges," district attorney Cyrus Vance told reporters after the hearing.

The veteran French politician, who had set his sights on becoming the next president of France, will have to spend one more night in the notorious Rikers Island jail pending the signing of the bail package on Friday.

He was sent to an isolated cell in the sprawling complex on Monday when a different judge initially denied him bail, deeming him a flight risk as France and the United States have no extradition treaty.

Strauss-Kahn has denied all charges of the sexual assault, attempted rape and unlawful imprisonment of the 32-year-old woman from the West African nation of Guinea.

AFP