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Strauss-Kahn charged in prostitution probe

Updated on: 28 March,2012 11:58 AM IST  | 
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Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the disgraced former head of the International Monetary Fund, has been arrested and charged with hiring prostitutes employed in an international prostitution ring, a spokeswoman for prosecutors in Lille, France said.

Strauss-Kahn charged in prostitution probe

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Authorities believe that the Frenchman participated in a series of illegal sex parties with call girls at restaurants and swinger clubs in Washington, Paris, Madrid Vienna and Ghent, Belgium.

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More Humiliation: Dominique Strauss-Kahn. File Pic.
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His lawyer has admitted he took part in the orgies, but claims he didn’t know they were prostitutes.
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“He could easily not have known, because as you can imagine, at these kind of parties you’re not always dressed,” said his lawyer Henri Leclerc. He paid $134,000 bail and was released under the condition he does not communicate with others targeted in the probe.
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Investigators are exploring the ring’s ties to organised crime and the misuse of corporate funds.
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French prosecutors believe that Strauss-Kahn’s last sex party was in DC in May 2011, just before he was busted in New York for attacking a hotel maid. Though he maintained his innocence, the charges ruined his political future.

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