Strauss-Kahn 'to face pimping trial'
Source: BBC
Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is to face trial on pimping charges, French prosecutors say.
Investigating magistrates have decided he should be tried in connection with an alleged prostitution ring at a hotel in Lille.
The former presidential hopeful has admitted attending sex parties there, but says he did not know that some of the women were paid prostitutes.
The case is the last of the sex-related allegations faced by Mr Strauss-Kahn.
Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23467433
Updated following original post. Most recent update of BBC article at 10:08 ET
Beacool
(30,251 posts)Last edited Fri Jul 26, 2013, 11:32 AM - Edit history (1)
The guy is a deviant and a nasty bastard. I hope that karma finally catches up to him.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)bemildred
(90,061 posts)And another one bites the dust.
WCLinolVir
(951 posts)Apparently they went against the advice of the prosecutors. Is there no bottom to the gutter this man lives in?
struggle4progress
(118,332 posts)Fri Jul 26, 2013 12:02pm EDT
... Under French law, pimping is a broad crime that encompasses aiding or encouraging prostitution.
Because the parties allegedly involved several prostitutes, Strauss-Kahn will stand trial in Lille on the more serious charge of "aggravated pimping", which carries a maximum term of 10 years in prison and a 1.5 million euros ($2 million) fine.
The former French finance minister has acknowledged attending sex parties in various cities but maintains he was unaware the women taking part were paid sex workers. He has said he is being hounded unfairly over his lifestyle in a country where frequenting prostitutes is not illegal.
"We're not in the realm of the law, we're in ideology. We're sending someone to court for nothing," Henri Leclerc, another of his lawyers, told Reuters. ...
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/26/us-france-strausskahn-idUSBRE96P0KX20130726
MrSlayer
(22,143 posts)Jesus, how did this guy avoid prison all these years? Oh yeah, he's mega rich.
joshcryer
(62,276 posts)Even with supposed "liberals" or "progressives" cheering their cause.
joshcryer
(62,276 posts)Yeah, OK.
Oh, sorry, I remember when the original DSK allegations came out (before the accuser was basically slandered to death as a lying money grubber), that women like dirty old men like DSK. A real charmer, he.
jessie04
(1,528 posts)lol