October 13, - French prosecutors announce that charges will not be filed against Strauss-Kahn for the alleged sexual assault of Banon due to a lack of sufficient evidence and a statute of limitations that applies to the case.
February , - Is questioned by French police about an alleged prostitution ring possibly operated out of luxury hotels. March 26, - Strauss-Kahn is warned that he is under investigation for "aggravated pimping" for his alleged participation in a prostitution ring. May 21, - A French investigation into Strauss-Kahn's alleged involvement in a prostitution ring widens. Authorities say that police will open a preliminary inquiry into acts that allegedly took place in Washington in December , which they believe could constitute gang rape.
October 2, - A French prosecutor drops the investigation connecting Strauss-Kahn to a possible gang rape in Washington. The testimony on which the investigation is based has been withdrawn and the woman is declining to press charges. December 10, - Diallo and Strauss-Kahn reach a settlement in her civil lawsuit against him. Terms of the settlement are not released. July 26, - Prosecutors announce that Strauss-Kahn will be tried on charges of "aggravated pimping" for his alleged participation in a prostitution ring.
September 17, - It is announced that Strauss-Kahn has been appointed as an economic adviser to the Serbian government. February 2, - The trial concerning "aggravated pimping" charges against Strauss-Kahn begins.
February 17, - A prosecutor tells a French criminal court that Strauss-Kahn should be acquitted of aggravated pimping charges because of insufficient evidence. On a daily level, in fact, sexual harassment continues among politicians, according to French political journalists. Strauss-Kahn is now left to watch this debate from the outside. Exiled from politics, and a seen as toxic presence by the Socialist Party of which he is a member, he has started a business consultancy, with the Serbian government and others as clients.
Contact us at letters time. Related Stories. Already a print subscriber? Go here to link your subscription. Need help? A dishevelled Strauss-Kahn was paraded in handcuffs before international news cameras, which followed every step of the investigation into his nine-minute encounter with the Sofitel hotel maid. A separate civil suit was settled between Strauss-Kahn and his accuser, for an undisclosed amount. Later that year, French writer Tristane Banon dropped separate charges against DSK after state prosecutors halted an investigation into her claim that he sexually assaulted her in , saying the statute of limitations had expired.
Strauss-Kahn's own reputation was further tarnished years later amid an investigation into a prostitution ring centred on the Carlton Hotel in Lille, though he was acquitted of pimping charges. At the time, many in his entourage openly nurtured suspicions that their champion had been framed to wreck his chances of running for president.
DSK himself has since kept a low profile.
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