Former IMF boss Strauss-Kahn to be tried 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.

Prosecutors in the northern city of Lille said investigating judges had determined Strauss-Kahn, 64, who has been under investigation since 2012, should be judged by a criminal court.

The decision came as a surprise after a public prosecutor recommended in June the inquiry be dropped.