Ex IMF chief Strauss-Kahn tells court his sexual behavior should not be on trial

Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who is facing trial for "aggravated pimping" in the northern French city of Lille, has reportedly admitted that he had "an appetite for rough sex" but told the court that his sexual activities should not be on trial.

Kahn lost his temper on the second day of his testimony in the Lille "pimping" trial and argued that he was being prosecuted for being Dominique Strauss-Kahn, reported The Independent.

Declaring that he had "enough of all this," he said that while everyone had the right to have an opinion on hi sexual behavior in private but it had nothing to do with this case.

Earlier, a former prostitute testified at the trial of Dominique Strauss-Kahn that she attended "classy" lunchtime sex parties at apartments in Lille.

The woman nicknamed Jade burst into tears several times as she told the court how she had been forced into prostitution to support her two young children after her divorce.

She alleged that Rene Kojfer, a former public relations manager for the Carlton, and Dominique Alderweireld, a Belgian brothel owner known as Dodo the Pimp, had made the arrangements for her to attend lunchtime sex parties, the report said.

She recalled one of the parties that also involved Strauss-Khan and described how it was more of "carnage with a heap of mattresses on the floor."

In another testimony, one of Strauss-Kahn's mistresses claimed that the ex-IMF chief had offered her a brand new pair of designer boots worth 900 pounds and promised to teach her sex games if she agreed to attend orgies.

In 2011, Strauss-Kahn was arrested on charges of assaulting a maid at the Sofitel in New York, which went on to significantly affect his high-flying career.

The 65-year-old faces up to a decade in prison and a 1m pounds plus fine in a case already shining light on some of the seediest corners of French public life, the report added.