Former IMF Chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn Acquitted in Pimping Trial

The former head of International Monetary Fund (IMF) Dominique Strauss Kahn was on Friday acquitted of pimping charges.

Kahn had earlier been accused of 'aggravated pimping' and charged for allegedly aiding and abetting prostitution of 7 women. The charge is usually punishable by up to 10 years in prison.

Strauss-Kahn's career has been dogged by a serious of sex scandals with many details of his activities being brought to the public eye.

His high flying career as the head of IMF and a future Presidential prospect for France imploded when a New York hotel maid accused him of sexual assault in 2011.

During the trial, he calmly responded to the allegations and defended himself as a libertine who liked to indulge in group sex. He also said that he was unaware of the fact the women attending the soirees were prostitutes and had been paid to be there.

"I must have a sexuality which, compared to average men, is more rough. Women have the right not to like that whether they are prostitutes or not," he said.

He told the court that he participated in the parties because he was in need of 'recreational sessions' during the time of one of the worst financial crises in the world.

Even the prosecuter Frederic Fevre called for the acquittal of Strauss-kahn while saying that "neither the judicial enquiry nor the hearing have established that Mr Strauss-Kahn is guilty".

"This was not a mafia network that was dismantled," said Fevre, but a group of friends trying to "satisfy egos, ambitions and quite simply, physical desires".