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Lille, France, 2 to 20 February 2015

Dominique Strauss-Kahn will stand trial in Lille, northern France, in February on a charge of aggravated pimping along with a dozen other defendants. The trial is due to start on Tuesday 2 until 20 February and DSK expected to appear between 10 and 12 February.

The disgraced former IMF chief will face the magistrates over allegations of his participation in a prostitution ring, centered on the Carlton Hotel in Lille and also active in Paris and the USA. The 64-year-old and one-time French presidential favourite insists he had no idea the young women who took part in a string of parties in France and Washington DC were being paid to have sex with him. However, in a document leaked by French newspaper Le Figaro, the investigating magistrates said he was clearly the “linchpin” of the prostitution ring operating out of the Carlton hotel in Lille.

The Carlton case is one of a series of probes that were launched in the wake of Mr Strauss-Kahn's 2011 arrest in New York on suspicion of sexually assaulting a chambermaid at the Sofitel.

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The trial of former IMF managing director is due to begin in Lille. He faces immorality charges. The trial is expected to last until 20 February. Dominique Strauss-Kahn is charged as one of the "Carlton 14", who include Dominique Alderweireld, the proprietor of the Dodo Sex Klub near Tournai, who faces charges of "proxénétisme en bande organisée" conspiracy to live off immoral earnings.

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Former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn goes on trial in his native France on Monday on charges of ‘aggravated pimping’ that stem from sex parties he attended in the northern city of Lille. He denies wrongdoing but the case will see the disgraced ex-politician hitting the headlines again.

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