‘Nervous’ DSK on trial for pimping

The former head of the International Monetary Fund, once considered a near shoo-in as France’s president, went on trial in Lille to face charges of aggravated pimping and involvement in a prostitution ring operating out of luxury hotels.
Strauss-Kahn, 65, arrived in a black sedan with tinted windows and drove into an underground parking lot, while other defendants entered the courthouse through a crowd of reporters and cameras, accompanied by their lawyers and watched over by a heavy police and military presence.