A French court has acquitted former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of procuring prostitutes for sex parties in France, Belgium and the US.
He stood, alongside 13 co-defendants, charged with "aggravated pimping".
Mr Strauss-Kahn has always denied knowing that some of the women who took part in orgies he attended were prostitutes.
The sexual habits of the former French presidential hopeful were at the centre of trial hearings in Lille in February.
The verdict brings to a close four years of legal proceedings against Mr Strauss-Kahn, including charges of attempted rape which were later dropped in 2012.
Prosecutor Frederic Fevre admitted the evidence heard in court had not established DSK's guilt
Sex workers described his rough behaviour at some of the parties. But Mr Strauss-Kahn said that he was not on trial for "deviant practices".
During the closing arguments at his trial, the Lille prosecutor Frederic Fevre told the court that they were "working with the penal code, not the moral code".
Mr Fevre also said that neither the investigation nor the evidence in court had established that he was guilty.
Earlier, five of the six plaintiffs in the case dropped their accusations against the 66-year-old.
While Mr Strauss-Kahn has admitted to being present at the orgies, he has always maintained that he did not know that some of the women involved were being paid.
Source BBC
No comments:
Post a Comment