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| Dominique Strauss-Kahn verdict live: former IMF chief found not guilty of 'aggravated pimping' | |
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| Former International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is not guilty of “aggravated pimping”, a French court has ruled. | |
| A judge in Lille described Mr Strauss-Khan, commonly known as "DSK" as a "libertine" and a "customer" but said he was not a pimp. | |
| Prosecutors had recommended that the Parti Socialist politician not be charged. | |
| Cases against most of the 13 other defendants in the trial, which centred around allegations of prostitution at the Carlton Hotel in Lille, were also weak, the court said. | |
| Francis Hennion, the ex-director of Carlton, has been given an eight month suspended sentence and a 10,000 euro fine, while René Kojfer, former PR executive for Carlton, was given a suspended sentence of one year in prison. | |
| One man whom prosecutors had recommended a prison sentence, a Belgian brothel owner known as 'Dodo the pimp', was also found not to have committed any offences in French soil. | |
| The verdict brings an end to a four-year legal saga which was sparked by a New York hotel maid, who accused the financier of sexual assault in 2011. The case was later settled out of court. | |
| Here is a re-cap of the trial which closed in February | Here is a re-cap of the trial which closed in February |
| Dominique Strauss-Kahn timeline | Dominique Strauss-Kahn timeline |
| The claims that put the former IMF chief in the spotlight | The claims that put the former IMF chief in the spotlight |
| Strauss-Kahn 'had brutal anal sex with prostitute', trial hears | Strauss-Kahn 'had brutal anal sex with prostitute', trial hears |
| French press predicts acquittal of pimping charges | French press predicts acquittal of pimping charges |
| Prosecution calls for acquittal as case all but collapses | Prosecution calls for acquittal as case all but collapses |
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| Strauss-Kahn and more than a dozen other defendants - including hotel managers, entrepreneurs, a lawyer and a police chief - are accused of participating in or organising collective sexual encounters in Paris, Washington and in the Brussels region between 2008 and 2011, when Strauss-Kahn was IMF chief, and married. | Strauss-Kahn and more than a dozen other defendants - including hotel managers, entrepreneurs, a lawyer and a police chief - are accused of participating in or organising collective sexual encounters in Paris, Washington and in the Brussels region between 2008 and 2011, when Strauss-Kahn was IMF chief, and married. |
| He told the court that he attended the orgy-like sex parties because he needed “recreational sessions” while he was busy “saving the world” from the financial crash, and stressed he did not know the women involved were prostitutes. | He told the court that he attended the orgy-like sex parties because he needed “recreational sessions” while he was busy “saving the world” from the financial crash, and stressed he did not know the women involved were prostitutes. |
| However, the sex workers have painted a different picture in court, with one describing the parties as “beast-like scenes”. | However, the sex workers have painted a different picture in court, with one describing the parties as “beast-like scenes”. |
| The sometimes tearful testimony of two prostitutes cast a harsh light on Strauss-Kahn's sometimes brutal sexual practices. But they testified that they had never told him directly about their professions. | The sometimes tearful testimony of two prostitutes cast a harsh light on Strauss-Kahn's sometimes brutal sexual practices. But they testified that they had never told him directly about their professions. |
| If found guilty each defendant faces up to 10 years in prison and $1.5 million in fines if convicted. | If found guilty each defendant faces up to 10 years in prison and $1.5 million in fines if convicted. |
| But it is predicted that the Kahn will be acquitted due to limited evidence pointing to a punishable crime. | But it is predicted that the Kahn will be acquitted due to limited evidence pointing to a punishable crime. |
| Additional reporting by PA | Additional reporting by PA |