BRUSSELS ¨C A French prosecutor urged judges to clear Dominique Strauss-Kahn on charges of aggravated pimping after two weeks of hearings revealed sordid details of the disgraced politician¡¯s rough sex life but little proof he helped orchestrate a prostitution ring at the center of the trial.
The former head of the International Monetary Fund¡¯s taste for orgies wasn¡¯t on trial ¡ª and there was no evidence to show he was a pimp, Public Prosecutor Frederic Fevre told the court in Lille, France, Tuesday. Strauss-Kahn, 65, was accused of aiding and abetting in the prostitution of seven women from March 2008 to 2011 when the trial opened this month.
¡°I demand his full acquittal,¡± Fevre said. ¡°Let¡¯s make no mistake: no charges for sexual violence have been brought,¡± he said. ¡°We shouldn¡¯t let moral elements seep into this legal debate.¡±
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