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DSK angry over focus on his 'rough' sexual antics

Wed, 11 Feb 2015 18:18:00 +0100

Dominique Strauss-Kahn has compared prostitutes to flying fish and has lost his temper at the probing questions about his sex life as he faces the judge for the second time in his pimping trial.

The most outrageous quotes from the DSK trial

Wed, 11 Feb 2015 13:44:00 +0100

The sordid details of 'libertine' sex parties, DSK’s rampant sexual appetite and what prostitutes must do to earn a living have been laid bare at the pimping trial of the ex-IMF chief in Lille. Here's some of the stand-out statements from DSK and the prostitutes he romped with.

DSK 'unaware' sex orgies involved prostitutes

Fri, 06 Feb 2015 15:28:00 +0100

It could be the testimony that absolves Dominique Strauss-Kahn. A local businessman told the court in Lille on Friday the former IMF chief was unaware their orgies involved prostitutes.

DSK trial: 'Dodo the Pimp' denies he's a pimp

Fri, 06 Feb 2015 09:38:00 +0100

The man nicknamed 'Dodo the Pimp', who is at the centre of the DSK pimping trial in Lille, insisted he's not a pimp when he gave evidence before the court this week.

'Finished' DSK to face pimping trial 'in 2014'

Thu, 01 Aug 2013 11:44:00 +0200

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former IMF chief accused of "aggravated pimping", will go on trial in France in 2014, sources close to the investigation have said. DSK also confirmed this week that his political career was 'over'.

VIDEO: DSK slams 'terrible' treatment in US

Wed, 10 Jul 2013 12:08:00 +0200

Disgraced former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has taken to the airwaves in the US to vent his "anger" (see video) at being treated like a criminal by the media after rape charges from a New York hotel chambermaid, which were later dropped.

Drop DSK pimping charges: French court

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 13:20:00 +0200

Disgraced former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn may have won a legal victory on Tuesday, after a court in the northern city of Lille called for charges of “aggravated pimping” against DSK, as he is known in France, to be dropped.

Italian journalist makes DSK sex assault claims

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 12:40:00 +0200

An Italian journalist has claimed that disgraced former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn sexually assaulted her while he was France’s Finance Minister in the late 1990s, it was reported on Wednesday.

DSK returns to spotlight - in South Sudan

Mon, 13 May 2013 16:15:00 +0200

Since being caught up in a global sex scandal in 2011 Dominique Strauss-Kahn has tried to lay low but on Monday he appeared to face the media, not in Paris, New York or Lille, but in South Sudan where he opened a bank account.

Strauss-Kahn fails in bid to ban sordid book

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 08:49:00 +0100

A Paris court has turned down a demand by disgraced former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn to ban a "despicable" book on his affair with the author, but ordered Marcela Iacub and her publisher to pay him €50,000 in damages.

DSK in court as he bids to ban kiss and tell book

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 14:18:00 +0100

Disgraced former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn appeared in a Paris court Tuesday to try to ban a graphic new book by author Marcela Iacub detailing their affair, saying it was filled with lies.

DSK demands seizure of ex-lover's book

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 12:23:00 +0100

Dominique Strauss-Kahn is to ask a court to confiscate a new book by a former lover in which he is portrayed as a “half-man, half-pig”.

Ex-lover depicts DSK as 'half-man, half-pig'

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 12:48:00 +0100

The sordid life of Dominique Strauss-Kahn was once again back in the news on Thursday after the former IMF chief expressed his outrage over the publication of a new book by an ex-mistress, in which she describes him as ‘half-man, half-pig’.

DSK encounters escort girl, in court

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:11:00 +0100

Disgraced former IMF boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn came face-to-face with a call girl on Thursday in the latest stage of a probe into charges that he procured prostitutes for sex parties.

DSK to be questioned over pimping charges

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 14:42:00 +0100

French investigators were due on Thursday to question Dominique Strauss-Kahn as part of their probe into allegations that the disgraced former IMF chief procured prostitutes for sex parties.

DSK paid hotel maid '$1.5 million' settlement

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 09:25:00 +0100

Disgraced former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn paid a settlement of $1.5 million (€1.1 million) to the New York hotel maid who accused him of sexual assault, a French newspaper has reported.

Sarkozy party denies plot to ruin Strauss-Kahn

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:33:00 +0100

French President Nicolas Sarkozy's party on Sunday rejected as "grotesque" suggestions that Dominique Strauss-Kahn was brought down by an elaborate plot to wreck his presidential ambitions.

DSK scandal to be made into porn film

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:35:29 +0100

The scandal surrounding the former IMF boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn is to be turned into a porn film, with the producers asking members of the public to help fund the project.

Socialists drop DSK amid new sleaze claims

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:18:00 +0200

Five months after his arrest in New York on attempted rape charges, Dominique Strauss-Kahn is still making lurid headlines and France's Socialists are breathing a sigh of relief at a narrow escape.

Banon decides against pursuing DSK rape claim

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:05:00 +0200

French writer Tristane Banon on Wednesday said that she is to drop her attempt to have former IMF boss Dominque Strauss-Kahn prosecuted, after prosecutors refused to take up the case.