A French prosecutor urged judges to clear Dominique Strauss-Kahn on charges of aggravated pimping after two weeks of hearings revealed sordid details of the disgraced politician's rough sex life but little proof he helped orchestrate a prostitution ring at the center of the trial.
The former head of the International Monetary Fund's taste for orgies wasn't on trial — and there was no evidence to show he was a pimp, Public Prosecutor Frederic Fevre told the court in Lille, France, Tuesday. Strauss-Kahn, 65, was accused of aiding and abetting in the prostitution of seven women from March 2008 to 2011 when the trial opened this month.
"I demand his full acquittal," Fevre said. "Let's make no mistake: no charges for sexual violence have been brought," he said. "We shouldn't let moral elements seep into this legal debate."