Bernard Lemaire
French court acquits Strauss-Kahn of pimping charges
A French court on June 12 acquitted former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of pimping charges, drawing a line under a series of legal woes over his sexual escapades.
Strauss-Kahn denies knowledge of prostitutes at sex parties
Former IMF boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn on Feb. 10 denied knowing the women he took part in sex parties with were prostitutes, as he took the stand at his French trial on charges of aggravated pimping.
The silver-haired economist, whose presidential prospects were torpedoed by an earlier sex scandal, appeared tense as he answered questions from the lead judge.
Ex-IMF chief Strauss-Kahn goes on trial for pimping
Ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn went on trial on Feb. 2 for pimping as part of a prostitution ring, four years after a sex scandal cost him his job and a shot at the French presidency.