Ex-prostitutes drop civil action against Dominique Strauss-Kahn

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.

The former prostitutes had delivered dramatic testimony during the trial of how they felt powerless to say no to Strauss-Kahn sodomising them during sex parties.

But their lawyer said they felt unable to prove that the former political heavyweight knew the women were prostitutes and were dropping their civil case against him.