The court withdrew from Strauss-Kahn charges of pimping – Russian newspaper

Legal purgatories former director of the World Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn over. Today, the court ruled in Lille acquittal in his address in the case of pimping, where he faced a prison sentence of 10 years and a fine of half a million euros.

With the remaining defendants in the prosecution process and were removed. Only one of them – Renee Kofzher serving the hotel “Carlton” in Lille, was sentenced to one year in prison, and then suspended.

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Actually, this whole big story that could end very badly for the former head of the IMF, began in Lille, a city in northern France. About four years ago, the police found that in the above hotel from time to time partying with the involvement of the ladies lightweight behavior. The organizers of Rene Kofzher, and participation in adult entertainment have taken local businessmen, lawyers, even senior officials of law and order services. When investigators took amusing take under close supervision, they soon discovered that the spree, implicated in the sex, also attended Dominique Strauss-Kahn. In addition, it was found that similar events were held in other cities – Washington, Brussels and Paris.

Investigators decided that Strauss-Kahn was the main inspiration for parties, “the rod orgies,” as one of the They have relied on the testimonies of women who were invited to participate in the spree.
 The trial took place in February this year. It politician and economist denied that nourishes the irrepressible craving for the female sex, but was confident that the parties were invited to uninhibited amateur group sex, not a pro. With regard to witnesses, they were confused in his testimony contradicted each other. As a result, the charges against Strauss-Kahn, and their investigators could not confirm the compelling physical evidence, hung in the air. Even Lille prosecutor Frederic Fevre found them insufficient, which was confirmed today at the closing session of the court.

So, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who at the beginning of 2012 to the famous scandal at the New York hotel “Sofitel” was considered the most likely the candidate of the Socialist Party in the presidential election, can breathe a sigh of relief. In the coming weeks we will know whether he intends to return to politics or continue his career of international financial expert.

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