Strauss-Kahn back under the scanner
22 May 2012 5:49 AM GMT
French prosecutors on Monday opened a preliminary investigation into accusations that disgraced ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn took part in a gang rape in the United States.
Prosecutors in Lille, where Strauss-Kahn and three others have been charged in a pimping case, said the probe centred on an incident 'that could be described as gang rape' that took place in Washington, DC in December 2010.
Strauss-Kahn, two businessmen and a police chief have been charged with 'aggravated pimping in an organised gang' in Lille for allegedly organising a prostitution ring for orgies in France, the United States and elsewhere.
Earlier this month Lille prosecutors said investigating magistrates in the case had submitted new evidence, based on testimony from two Belgian sex workers, that could also implicate the men in a gang rape.
Testimony from one of the prostitutes indicated that she had been forced into a non-consensual sex.
Prosecutors in Lille, where Strauss-Kahn and three others have been charged in a pimping case, said the probe centred on an incident 'that could be described as gang rape' that took place in Washington, DC in December 2010.
Strauss-Kahn, two businessmen and a police chief have been charged with 'aggravated pimping in an organised gang' in Lille for allegedly organising a prostitution ring for orgies in France, the United States and elsewhere.
Earlier this month Lille prosecutors said investigating magistrates in the case had submitted new evidence, based on testimony from two Belgian sex workers, that could also implicate the men in a gang rape.
Testimony from one of the prostitutes indicated that she had been forced into a non-consensual sex.
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