PARIS — A prosecutor on Tuesday asked a criminal court in Lille, France, to drop charges against the former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, saying there was not enough evidence to convict him of procuring prostitutes, according to news reports.
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The testimony during the trial often bordered on the burlesque, and featured a cast of characters including a sex club owner, former prostitutes called Mounia and Jade, and a former police chief. At the nexus of the sex ring, prosecutors said, was the faded and kitschy glamour of the Carlton Hotel in Lille, which features gilded statuettes, Louis XVI furniture and palatial suites. Orgies attended by judges, journalists and power brokers were said to have taken place at the hotel.
