Dominique Strauss-Kahn was last night being held in police custody as officers questioned him over an international prostitution ring.
The disgraced former head of the International Monetary Fund – who lost his job amid claims he tried to rape a New York chambermaid – could face jail over the ‘sex parties’ he has admitted attending around the world.
Strauss-Kahn, 62, whose wife Anne Sinclair is standing by him, has made the extraordinary claim that he was unaware the women at the orgies were prostitutes because ‘they were naked at the time’.
But detectives have told Strauss-Kahn, who once had hopes of becoming president of France, that there is evidence linking him to ‘complicity in pimping’ and ‘misuse of corporate assets’.
He will face criminal charges if prosecutors can prove the prostitutes were being paid with fraudulently obtained money – in this case funds from a major construction company – and that Strauss-Kahn knew about it.
His dreams of high office a distant memory, he was yesterday driven to Lille police station in northern France in a Mercedes limousine with blacked-out windows after being summoned for questioning.
He will be held in custody until today at least before bail can be considered, according to a source close to the case.
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