[ABCNEWS.GO] Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn will have to defend himself
| Perhaps by now his generous wife will have decided his little escapades are no longer amusing enough to continue opening her purse for. |
in a French court on charges of aggravated pimping despite recommendations by prosecutors that the charges be dropped.
Judges investigating the case in the northern city of Lille decided on Friday to go ahead with charges of aggravated pimping in a group.
The case revolves around an alleged hotel prostitution ring and hinges on whether Strauss-Kahn knew he was partying with hookers and whose money was used to pay them. His lawyers have said Strauss-Kahn had attended "libertine" gatherings but did not know that some women there were paid. |