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eppur_se_muova

(36,281 posts)
Fri Jul 26, 2013, 09:35 AM Jul 2013

Strauss-Kahn 'to face pimping trial'

Source: BBC

Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is to face trial on pimping charges, French prosecutors say.

Investigating magistrates have decided he should be tried in connection with an alleged prostitution ring at a hotel in Lille.

The former presidential hopeful has admitted attending sex parties there, but says he did not know that some of the women were paid prostitutes.

The case is the last of the sex-related allegations faced by Mr Strauss-Kahn.


Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23467433



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Strauss-Kahn 'to face pimping trial' (Original Post) eppur_se_muova Jul 2013 OP
Good!! Beacool Jul 2013 #1
Sexual predator who hunted with money and status nt geek tragedy Jul 2013 #2
K&R. bemildred Jul 2013 #3
I hope he does jail time. Good for the magistrates. WCLinolVir Jul 2013 #4
Ex-IMF chief Strauss-Kahn to be tried for pimping struggle4progress Jul 2013 #5
He's a real Mack isn't he? MrSlayer Jul 2013 #6
+1, the mega rich get away with anything they want. joshcryer Jul 2013 #8
Sex parties attended by disgusting older men and no paid prostitutes? joshcryer Jul 2013 #7
You make it sound like a bad thing . jessie04 Sep 2013 #10
The guy is scum. Pterodactyl Sep 2013 #9

Beacool

(30,250 posts)
1. Good!!
Fri Jul 26, 2013, 10:42 AM
Jul 2013

Last edited Fri Jul 26, 2013, 11:32 AM - Edit history (1)

The guy is a deviant and a nasty bastard. I hope that karma finally catches up to him.

WCLinolVir

(951 posts)
4. I hope he does jail time. Good for the magistrates.
Fri Jul 26, 2013, 03:23 PM
Jul 2013

Apparently they went against the advice of the prosecutors. Is there no bottom to the gutter this man lives in?

struggle4progress

(118,332 posts)
5. Ex-IMF chief Strauss-Kahn to be tried for pimping
Fri Jul 26, 2013, 08:43 PM
Jul 2013


Fri Jul 26, 2013 12:02pm EDT

... Under French law, pimping is a broad crime that encompasses aiding or encouraging prostitution.

Because the parties allegedly involved several prostitutes, Strauss-Kahn will stand trial in Lille on the more serious charge of "aggravated pimping", which carries a maximum term of 10 years in prison and a 1.5 million euros ($2 million) fine.

The former French finance minister has acknowledged attending sex parties in various cities but maintains he was unaware the women taking part were paid sex workers. He has said he is being hounded unfairly over his lifestyle in a country where frequenting prostitutes is not illegal.

"We're not in the realm of the law, we're in ideology. We're sending someone to court for nothing," Henri Leclerc, another of his lawyers, told Reuters. ...


http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/26/us-france-strausskahn-idUSBRE96P0KX20130726
 

MrSlayer

(22,143 posts)
6. He's a real Mack isn't he?
Fri Jul 26, 2013, 09:56 PM
Jul 2013

Jesus, how did this guy avoid prison all these years? Oh yeah, he's mega rich.

joshcryer

(62,276 posts)
8. +1, the mega rich get away with anything they want.
Fri Jul 26, 2013, 10:58 PM
Jul 2013

Even with supposed "liberals" or "progressives" cheering their cause.

joshcryer

(62,276 posts)
7. Sex parties attended by disgusting older men and no paid prostitutes?
Fri Jul 26, 2013, 10:57 PM
Jul 2013

Yeah, OK.

Oh, sorry, I remember when the original DSK allegations came out (before the accuser was basically slandered to death as a lying money grubber), that women like dirty old men like DSK. A real charmer, he.

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