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5 of the 6 plaintiffs in Strauss-Kahn case drop damages claim
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5 of the 6 plaintiffs in Strauss-Kahn case drop damages claim
Lamplighter Tue Feb 17, 2015 8:15 am
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-31497992
Full report at above link. LLFive out of six plaintiffs in the aggravated pimping trial of former IMF boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn have dropped their accusations against him.
They have abandoned damages claims because they say they have no proof.
Correspondents say the surprise move at the start of the final week of the trial is a boost for the defence.
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Re: 5 of the 6 plaintiffs in Strauss-Kahn case drop damages claim
bb1 Tue Feb 17, 2015 8:28 am
$$$$$$ change hands again?
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Re: 5 of the 6 plaintiffs in Strauss-Kahn case drop damages claim
Lamplighter Tue Feb 17, 2015 8:42 am
I don't know, I just saw it on the BBC news. If the these litigants cannot provide actual proof then they cannot continue to press charges, as any prosecuting lawyer would advise them. However, the case is proceeding on the other charges. LLbb1 wrote:$$$$$$ change hands again?
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Re: 5 of the 6 plaintiffs in Strauss-Kahn case drop damages claim
bb1 Tue Feb 17, 2015 3:26 pm
http://news.sky.com/story/1429167/prosecutor-strauss-kahn-should-be-cleared
The prosecutor in the trial of former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn says he should be cleared of pimping charges.
The call, by prosecutor Frederic Fevre, comes after two former prostitutes dropped a civil case against the man once seen as a possible future president of France.
Mr Fevre said: "Neither the judicial enquiry nor the hearing" proved that Strauss-Kahn was guilty of procuring prostitutes for sex parties he attended in Paris, Brussels and Washington.
He added that, while Strauss-Kahn had testified to having orgies while he was managing the world financial crisis, being "rough" with his sexual "conquests," and needing sex with exceptional frequency, none of this was illegal.
Strauss-Kahn's "notoriety shouldn't be in any way a presumption of guilt", he said.
During the three-week trial in the French city of Lille, Strauss-Kahn has maintained he did not know the women participating in sex parties were prostitutes.
He has also denied he organised the parties.
The trial is due to finish this week, but a verdict is not expected immediately and it now seems likely Strauss-Kahn will walk away with a clean record.
Mr Fevre requested one year in prison for one of the 13 others accused in the case - Dominique Alderweireld, a brothel owner known as "Dodo the Pimp" - and a suspended sentences and hefty fines for a group of friends accused of running a prostitution ring.
He said: "This was not a mafia network that was dismantled," but a group of friends trying to "satisfy egos, ambitions and, quite simply, physical desires."
Mr Fevre did not think there was a strong case against Strauss-Kahn before the trial and had asked for the charges to be dropped.
He was over-ruled by investigative judges who sent the case to trial, however.
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The prosecutor in the trial of former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn says he should be cleared of pimping charges.
The call, by prosecutor Frederic Fevre, comes after two former prostitutes dropped a civil case against the man once seen as a possible future president of France.
Mr Fevre said: "Neither the judicial enquiry nor the hearing" proved that Strauss-Kahn was guilty of procuring prostitutes for sex parties he attended in Paris, Brussels and Washington.
He added that, while Strauss-Kahn had testified to having orgies while he was managing the world financial crisis, being "rough" with his sexual "conquests," and needing sex with exceptional frequency, none of this was illegal.
Strauss-Kahn's "notoriety shouldn't be in any way a presumption of guilt", he said.
During the three-week trial in the French city of Lille, Strauss-Kahn has maintained he did not know the women participating in sex parties were prostitutes.
He has also denied he organised the parties.
The trial is due to finish this week, but a verdict is not expected immediately and it now seems likely Strauss-Kahn will walk away with a clean record.
Mr Fevre requested one year in prison for one of the 13 others accused in the case - Dominique Alderweireld, a brothel owner known as "Dodo the Pimp" - and a suspended sentences and hefty fines for a group of friends accused of running a prostitution ring.
He said: "This was not a mafia network that was dismantled," but a group of friends trying to "satisfy egos, ambitions and, quite simply, physical desires."
Mr Fevre did not think there was a strong case against Strauss-Kahn before the trial and had asked for the charges to be dropped.
He was over-ruled by investigative judges who sent the case to trial, however.
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