Prosecutor calls for Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s acquittal

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.

Strauss-Kahn was tipped to become French president before being accused of sexual assault by a New York hotel chambermaid in 2011. US criminal charges were subsequently dropped, and allegations he participated in a French sex ring centered in the northern French city of Lille emerged later.

“Did Dominique Strauss-Kahn pay prostitutes? The answer is no. Did he pimp prostitutes for others? The answer is no,” Lille prosecutor Frederic Fevre told the court before requesting Strauss-Kahn’s acquittal.