Former managing director of the IMF, Dominique Strauss Kahn has been acquitted of the allegations of ‘aggravated pimping’ that have plagued him over the last four years. The economist, who was once considered a forerunner to be the French President, was cleared of charges that he procured prostitutes for sex parties at luxury hotels in Lille, Washington and Paris. The judge concluded that Strauss Kahn had merely been a client of the sex workers he came into contact with at these parties, but had not paid them. Strauss Kahn argued that he was not aware any of the women involved were prostitutes and was seeking ‘recreational sessions’ to alleviate the stresses of his high powered political career. Strauss Kahn’s lawyer Henri Leclerc said of the trial that: ‘everybody was able to see there was strictly no judicial basis to this case,’ and had previously called for the case to be dropped due to lack of proof. The investigation into the former policy maker began back in 2011 when he was accused of sexually assaulting New York hotel maid Nafissatou Diallo, a case that was later settled out of court. Since abandoning his political aspirations, Strauss Kahn now works as an international consultant and conference speaker, following a troubled attempt to set up an investment venture.
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