Ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn in court on pimping charges
Source: LA Times
Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn faced another humiliating day in a court Monday when he appeared on charges accusing him of procuring sex workers for an international prostitution ring operating out of luxury hotels in Europe and the United States.
The case, dubbed the "Carlton Affair" after the luxury hotel in the northern city of Lille where authorities say the prostitution network was based, has riveted France and stirred debate about the extent to which the personal lives of public figures should remain private.
Paying for sex is not illegal in France, but it is against the law to procure prostitutes for others or to run a prostitution business.
Strauss-Kahn, 65, has admitted attending “libertine” parties in Paris, Brussels and Washington between 2009 and 2011, when he was serving as IMF chief, according to French news reports. But he says he did not know that some of the women present were prostitutes.
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