Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was cleared of pimping charges in France, putting an end to four years of legal drama that began with a sexual assault charge in a New York hotel room.

A French prosecutor asked a criminal court to acquit former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of a pimping charge for his role in what magistrates argued was an organised sex ring using prostitutes.

A French prosecutor has called for the acquittal of Dominique Strauss-Kahn in his pimping trial in Lille, a day after five of six plaintiffs dropped their accusations.

Two former prostitutes dropped a civil suit against former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn yesterday who is standing trial for pimping in France, their lawyer said.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s treatment of women was again under scrutiny as French judges quizzed him about a text message in which he asked a friend to bring “equipment” to a sex party.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn was accused at a French trial of forcing a prostitute to perform some sex acts against her will at a Brussels hotel.

Disgraced former International Monetary Fund boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn has told a French court he was unaware that women who took part in orgies at luxury hotels in Paris and Washington DC were prostitutes.

Topless protesters swarmed outside the French courthouse where Dominique Strauss-Kahn was due to give evidence in a trial involving orgies and an alleged prostitution ring.

An ex-prostitute named ‘Jade’ took the stand at the trial in northern France of the former IMF chief, Dominique Strauss-Kahn for pimping.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn appeared in court to face accusations of taking part in an international prostitution ring set up to provide him with prostitutes in France and the US

Dominique Strauss-Kahn has appeared in court to face accusations of taking part in an international prostitution ring set up to provide him with prostitutes for orgies at luxury hotels in France and the US.

Former International Monetary Fund supremo Dominique Strauss-Kahn will go on trial on sex charges today in the nation where he once was tipped to run for the presidency.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former IMF chief tipped to become French president before a New York hotel maid accused him of sexual assault in 2011, goes on trial in France today in a separate case of alleged pimping.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former IMF managing director, left as chairman of a Luxembourg bank daysbefore his partner died.

IMF chief Christine Lagarde has been put under formal investigation by French magistrates for negligence in a political fraud affair dating from 2008 when she was finance minister.

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Dominique Strauss-Kahn is to file suit for defamation over a US movie inspired by the sex scandal that brought down the former IMF chief.

ONE only has to go back to 2012 to find a Nicole Kidman vehicle that elicited gasps among the critics at Cannes.

The ex-wife of former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn says she knew nothing about his penchant for sex parties which has left him facing a possible 10-year prison sentence for pimping.

Former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn will be tried for pimping, prosecutors said yesterday, capping an inquiry into sex parties attended by a man whose French presidential hopes were dashed by a separate 2011 US sex scandal.

Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn will face a French court on charges of aggravated pimping.

French prosecutors have recommended the dismissal of pimping charges against Dominique Strauss-Kahn, signalling a possible end to the former IMF chief’s legal battle over sex scandals that destroyed his career.

French prosecutors are planning to drop prostitution charges against Dominique Strauss-Kahn, according to a lawyer for the former IMF head.

International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde faced questions at a special Paris court today over her role in the €400m pay-off to a controversial businessman when she was France’s finance minister.

International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde is facing questions at a special Paris court today over a controversial financial deal that she oversaw as French finance minister.

French authorities searched the Paris apartment of IMF chief Christine Lagarde yesterday in an investigation into her award of a 2008 arbitration payment to a businessman supporter of former president Nicolas Sarkozy, her lawyer said.

French investigators have searched IMF chief Christine Lagarde’s Paris home as part of an inquiry into her role in a £264m arbitration deal in favour of a tycoon.

A pimp has come to the defence of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, saying the disgraced former IMF boss is innocent of charges of supplying prostitutes for sex parties.

French film star Gerard Depardieu failed to show up in court to face drink-driving charges because he was preparing to play disgraced former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn in a film, his lawyer said.

French judges have decided not to drop aggravated pimping charges against former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

Former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn and a hotel maid have settled her lawsuit over sexual assault allegations that sank his political career and spurred scrutiny of his dealings with women on two continents.

Former IMF leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn and a New York City hotel maid have signed a settlement of her sexual assault lawsuit, a judge said yesterday.

Former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn and a New York City hotel maid have signed a settlement of her sexual assault lawsuit, a judge says.

A court date has been set to discuss a New York City hotel maid's sexual assault action against former International Monetary Fund chief and potential French presidential candidate Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the disgraced former IMF chief, has agreed to pay $6m (€4.6m) to settle a lawsuit brought by a Manhattan maid who accused him of sexual assault.

Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn and a hotel maid who accused him of trying to rape her have reached an agreement to settle her lawsuit.

A French court has delayed a ruling on whether to drop several charges against Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former IMF chief who has successfully fought accusations linked to his “libertine” lifestyle.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former IMF chief who has successfully fought a handful of accusations linked to his "libertine" lifestyle, will be learning whether charges for aggravated pimping will be dropped.

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Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn said in a rare magazine interview that he is tired of being hunted by the media and begged to be left alone as he tries to move on from a sex scandal that wrecked his career.

The wife of former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has acknowledged in a newspaper interview that the two have separated, and says she’s been doing “very well” on her own.

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