First he beat a rape case in New York City when a maid accused him of sexually assaulting her. Now, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, 62, the former International Monetary Fund chief, has been arrested by French police and faces criminal charges relating to an illegal prostitution racket.
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Strauss-Kahn was told by detectives that there is evidence linking him to ‘complicity in pimping’ and ‘misuse of corporate assets.’
A source close to the case said that Strauss-Kahn will be held in custody at least until Wednesday before bail can be considered.
Strauss-Kahn has admitted to attending “sex parties” in cities all over the world, but denies knowing that the women he slept with were prostitutes.
According to the Associated Press, they have questioned prostitutes who said they had sex with Strauss-Kahn during 2010 and 2011 at a luxury hotel in Paris, a restaurant in the French capital and also in Washington, D.C. Strauss-Kahn lived in the U.S. capital while he was head of the IMF before resigning his position in May.
Two men with ties to Strauss-Kahn have been put under preliminary investigation in France on charges, including organizing a prostitution ring and misuse of corporate funds.
But Strauss-Kahn’s lawyer, Henri Leclerc, said his client was ‘totally unaware’ that the women were receiving cash.
“At these parties, people were not necessarily dressed, and I defy you to tell the difference between a naked prostitute and any other naked woman,” said Mr. Leclerc.
Strauss-Kahn admits taking part in orgies and said he had an “uninhibited sex life,” but that “he never paid a cent” for it. “I have a horror of prostitutes and pimping,” he said.
Strauss-Kahn is a who new world of trouble, now at the center of an entirely separate investigation into the prostitution ring which operated out of Lille’s up market Carlton Hotel.
