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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Former Conservative minister David Mellor told the Leveson Inquiry that French laws on privacy had not been to the “public benefit”.

A French prosecutor has opened a preliminary investigation into allegations of rape in a Washington hotel by former IMF chief and one-time presidential hopeful Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

Disgraced former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s legal woes deepened as French prosecutors opened a preliminary probe into accusations he took part in a gang rape in the US.

A French prosecutor has opened a preliminary investigation into allegations of rape in a Washington hotel by former IMF chief and one-time French presidential hopeful Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

Former world finance boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn has made a $1m (€777,000) counter-claim against the New York hotel maid who accused him of sexual assault, saying she seriously damaged his reputation with what he calls a bogus allegation.

Socialist François Hollande was on track to defeat right-wing incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy as France entered the final day of campaigning before its presidential election run-off tomorrow.

French investigators are studying accusations that Dominique Strauss-Kahn was involved in a rape in a Washington hotel in 2010, a judicial official said.

A hotel maid’s lawsuit claiming that former French presidential contender Dominique Strauss-Kahn sexually assaulted her can proceed to trial, a New York judge has ruled.

French presidential front-runner François Hollande headed into the last round of his battle with Nicolas Sarkozy with both of the candidates threatened by the shadow of scandal.

A New York City judge is expected to rule by the end of the week on whether to throw out a hotel maid’s lawsuit claiming that former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn sexually assaulted her.

A judge may decide today whether former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn will face a civil case accusing him of sexually assaulting a hotel maid.

Lawyers defending Dominique Strauss-Kahn against allegations he was involved in a French prostitution ring say he is being unfairly targeted for his active extramarital sex life and committed no crime.

Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been handed preliminary charges alleging he was involved in a French prostitution ring.

French cinema legend Gerard Depardieu says he is going to play former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn – because he does not like him.

Two demonstrators were arrested after clashing with police while French politician Dominique Strauss-Kahn addressed one of the UK’s most famous university debating societies.

The former chief of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Dominique Strauss-Kahn, has been released from a French police station after two days of questioning over a suspected hotel prostitution ring.