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Prosecutor asks for Strauss-Kahn acquittal in French sex trial
LILLE (France), Feb 17, 2015:
A French prosecutor asked a criminal court on Tuesday to acquit former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn of a pimping charge for his role in what investigating magistrates argued was an organised sex ring using prostitutes.
The request from the prosecutor underscored the difficulty of a potential conviction of Strauss-Kahn, 65.
The trial is due to finish this week, but a verdict is not expected immediately.
During the three-week trial in the northern city of Lille, Strauss-Kahn consistently maintained he had no idea the women participating in sex parties were prostitutes, nor that he organized the parties himself — both of which would have had to have been proved in order to be convicted of pimping.