A French prosecutor has reportedly said that former International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who is facing trial for "aggravated pimping" in the northern French city of Lille, should be acquitted.
Lille prosecutor Frederic Fevre said that neither the investigation nor the evidence presented in court had proved that he was guilty, reported the BBC.
Strauss-Kahn has consistently denied knowing that women who participated in orgies with him were prostitutes.
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.
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