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Ex-IMF chief Strauss-Kahn finds luxury digs in Tribeca

153 Franklin St.

153 Franklin St. (Dan Brinzac)

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.

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The silver-haired Lothario, who only a week ago was rotting away on suicide watch in a tiny isolation cell at Rikers, will move into a three-story, 6,800 square-foot townhouse at 153 Franklin St., at $50,000 a month the most expensive rental in Tribeca, sources said yesterday.

The glamorous 27-foot wide space in one of New York’s trendiest neighborhoods has attracted A-list actors and athletes as possible tenants, including Cameron Diaz and Alex Rodriguez, who eyeballed it earlier this year.

Now, an accused sex monster will call it home, and with four bedrooms and five full baths there will be plenty of living space for the disgraced ex-IMF hotshot, his millionaire heiress wife – and the armed security guards on hand to prevent his escape.

Located on a charming cobblestone street between Varick and Hudson, the home was built in 1915 but recently renovated by noted architect and designer Leopoldo Rosati.

It features a state-of-the-art Boffi kitchen with high-end Miele and Gaggenau appliances should Strauss-Kahn or his wife, New York-born Anne Sinclair, care to whip up a late-night soufflé.

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.

The second floor has antique French wide-plank oak floors, an Italian limestone bath with a Duravit jet tub and waterfall shower – for relaxing after a hard day dueling with the prosecutors who want to lock him up in Manhattan Supreme Court.

The third-floor master suite has another bar – to keep the iced champagne handy for when the mood for romance strikes – and the entire edifice has hand-crafted Italian cabinetry, stainless steel staircases and a custom audio system.

Like DSK, the house has some unresolved legal issues. A lis pendens notice was filed last March, which means the owner owes an individual or entity money. It is owned by 365 Canal Corp.

If he weren’t under 24-hour home confinement, the jet-setting horndog could hang with Tribeca neighbors Jay-Z, Robert De Niro, Ed Burns and wife Christy Turlington, Harvey Keitel, Jon Stewart and Designer Rachel Roy.

And if they don’t feel like cooking after any particularly lurid testimony about his alleged sex attack, Strauss-Kahn and his wife can still order up mouth-watering takeout from nearby foodie hotspots, such as Spice Rubbed Lamb Loin from Tribeca Grill, Le Burger Royale au Fromage from Plein Sud or maybe the Lobster Tempura from Nobu Next Door , topped off with Michigan Sour Cherry Pie from Bubby’s for desert.

David Bookstaver, spokesman for the state court system and its judges, said the court had approved the move.

“Late today the judge was informed that the parties had agreed upon a new location, and the judge ok’d the location,” he said.

And late yesterday afternoon, Sinclair, whose father and grandfather made their fortune dealing Picassos and other classic works, entered the townhouse unnoticed by neighbors.

But the Tribeca manse was not the Strauss-Kahn’s first choice, as several property owners wanted no part of the man accused of attacking a 32-year-old West African maid at the Sofitel hotel in Midtown.

Sinclair and the security firm also looked at a five-story, 6,000 square foot townhouse at 323 East 17th St., which was asking $30,000 a month, but the owners rejected Strauss-Kahn.

Sources told The Post his people also inquired about another townhouse on the Upper East Side in the 60s that was asking $23,000 a month – but that owner also refused the disgraced moneyman.

“We said no way. If he treats women that way, what kind of tenant would he be, and who wants that kind of press parked outside for the duration of the trial?” a top broker told The Post.

“Either someone wants notoriety and will rent to him or someone believes in him for some strange reason or he’ll end up at a hotel that doesn’t care about notoriety,” the broker said. “He’s put out lots of feelers. His brief has been given to a lot of brokers.”

Strauss-Kahn has been staying in an apartment at 71 Broadway but the owners and tenants wanted him out after the building turned into a media circus and because of the horrific nature of his alleged sex crimes.

He remained holed up yesterday wearing a GPS monitoring ankle bracelet and amusing himself by playing chess on his iPad .

Additional reporting by Jessica Simeone, and Andy Soltis.