Ex-IMF chief Strauss-Kahn acquitted of pimping charges in France

LILLE, France – Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been cleared of pimping charges in a French trial that hinged on sex parties that took place in the midst of the global financial crisis.Friday's verdict closes four years of legal drama. Ten others were acquitted as well.

Strauss-Kahn had told the court the parties were much-needed "recreational sessions" and he did not know the women who took part were prostitutes. In often sordid testimony, the women...

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