MAID IN THE SHADE: Umbrellas shield Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s terrace, as one of his guy “maids” takes out the trash yesterday. (brigitte stelzer)
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Well, that’s one way to keep Pepe Le Pew’s paws off the help!
Dominique Strauss-Kahn has hired an all-male cleaning staff to do his dirty work at his TriBeCa townhouse, where he’s awaiting trial for allegedly forcing himself on a hotel maid. Instead of sexy French maids, the randy disgraced pol — once considered a front-runner for the French presidency — will have his needs tended to by blue-collar dudes who look like plumbers.
Two testosterone-heavy cleaners spent yesterday tidying up the $50,000-a-month townhouse to which Strauss-Kahn is confined.
The macho maids dutifully swept the litter off Strauss-Kahn’s sidewalk, polished his windows and took out his garbage — looking about as alluring as your average building super.
One of them left carrying a Duane Reade bag stuffed with clothes and a Netflix envelope.
And it’s not just the cleaning staff sprucing up the place; Strauss-Kahn’s dutiful wife and stepdaughter spent the day doing their best to beautify the disgraced pol’s personal Bastille.
Wife Anne Sinclair, a famous journalist in France, and his daughter, Camille, stepped out to the SoHo Crate and Barrel, stocking up on towels, washcloths and linens.
They also set up four umbrellas on the outdoor patio to shield it from prying eyes.
And it appears they’re planning some major changes for the ritzy townhouse. A woman from a Queens renovation company turned up in the early afternoon for an appointment with the Strauss-Kahns.
The owner, Piotr Bogusz, declined to comment on what the meeting was about.
Adding to the festive vibe at the home jail, Strauss-Kahn’s brother, Marc-Olivier set up camp there for the weekend.
The younger Strauss-Kahn, director at Banque de France and is a visiting senior adviser to the US Federal Reserve, was spotted going in and out but left yesterday with a suitcase.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn allegedly forced himself on a Sofitel hotel maid cleaning his room.
Benjamin Brafman, Strauss-Kahn’s lawyer, declined to comment.
But if Strauss-Kahn’s past is any indication, keeping him away from the ladies is probably a wise move.
As head of the International Monetary Fund, a post he stepped down from following his arrest, he was caught in an embarrassing affair with a subordinate.
He also allegedly got aggressive with a rookie French journalist, who accused him of behaving like a “a chimpanzee in heat” during an interview.
Additional reporting by Rebecca Rosenberg and Jennifer Fermino