He's getting pretty boring, if you ask me. On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 3:43 PM, Jim Devine <[email protected]> wrote:
> from SLATE: > DSK Linked to French Prostitution Ring > The former IMF chief denies accusations that he was among the ring’s > high-profile clients. > By Josh Voo > rhees | Posted Monday, Oct. 17, 2011, at 11:36 AM ET > > Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s alleged sex life has him back in the headlines. > > The former IMF chief is asking to speak to French police to squash > reports that he was involved with an alleged prostitution ring in > France and Belgium. > > Strauss-Kahn was linked to an ongoing investigation into the ring by a > report in the Journal du Dimanche over the weekend that generated > headlines on both sides of the Atlantic. The weekly newspaper claimed, > among other things, that the French politician was one of the ring’s > high-profile clients and that a French police officer was tasked with > escorting its prostitutes from the city of Lille to New York to have > sex with DSK. > > While the report did not suggest that Strauss-Kahn was a key figure in > the suspected ring, it did report that he would likely be questioned > by the police. > > One of Strauss-Kahn lawyers told the Associated Press that the French > politician has not been contacted by detectives but that he is > nonetheless asking to speak to police “to put an end to these > insinuations and extrapolations.” > > Making the story that much more sensational is the fact that the ring > allegedly involves underage girls – although there has been no > suggestion that Strauss-Kahn was involved with any minors. > > Britain’s Sky News reports that investigators believe they have > uncovered “a well-connected ring bringing women over the border from > Belgium to have sex with wealthy clients in hotels in Lille.” > According to Reuters, three managers at the luxury Carlton hotel in > Lille have been detained in the past week and the hotel, along with > two others, has been temporarily shuttered during the investigation. > -- > Jim Devine / "In an ugly and unhappy world the richest man can > purchase nothing but ugliness and unhappiness." -- George Bernard Shaw > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > -- Sandwichman
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