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DSK questioned in prostitution probeWednesday, February 22 2012
Former IMF chief detained by French police for 'complicity in pimping' after he admits to attending sex parties all over the world; allegations emerge that the married 62-year-old had relationships with at least 10 call girls
Dominique Strauss-Kahn was yesterday detained by French police and faces criminal charges relating to an illegal prostitute racket.
The former International Monetary Fund chief was told by detectives that there is evidence linking him to 'complicity in pimping' and 'misuse of corporate assets'.
He will be held in custody until 'Wednesday at least' before bail can be considered, said a source close to the case.
Strauss-Kahn has admitted to attending 'sex parties' in cities all over the world, but denies knowing that the women he slept with were prostitutes.
Now, he faces criminal charges if prosecutors can prove that fraudulently obtained money was being paid to the prostitutes, and that Strauss-Kahn knew about this.
Questions to answer: Journalists film and take pictures of disgraced
former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn as he enters the Gendarme
station, Paris. Pic/afp
The money is alleged to have come from a building company executive who is accused of using his firm's funds to entertain the guests.
Strauss-Kahn was driven to the police station yesterday in a Mercedes limousine with blacked-out windows before being hustled inside by his legal team.
He has claimed he did not know he was sleeping with prostitutes because 'the women were all naked at the time'.
The unorthodox defence comes amid allegations that his mobile phone records showed he had relationships with at least 10 call girls.
All of the women, who come from France and Belgium, claim to have had paid sex with him while he was IMF chief.
But Strauss-Kahn's lawyer, Henri Leclerc, said his client was 'totally unaware' that the women were receiving cash.
"At these parties, people were not necessarily dressed, and I defy you to tell the difference between a naked prostitute and any other naked woman," said Leclerc.
Strauss-Kahn admits taking part in orgies and said he had an 'uninhibited sex life', but that 'he never paid a cent' for it. "I have a horror of prostitutes and pimping," he said.
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