Washington, January 14: SHAMED former IMF chief Dominique Strauss- Kahn never knew he was having sex with prostitutes at orgies — because “ all of the women were naked at the time”, his lawyer claimed on Friday.
The extraordinary excuse came as new phone records showed the disgraced economist slept with 10 different hookers, all charging more than £ 1,200 ( almost ` 1 lakh) a time.
As the latest sleazy revelations emerged, Strauss- Kahn’s lawyer Henri Leclerc said: “ There is no way he could have known these women were prostitutes. At these parties, people were not dressed, and I defy you to tell the difference between a naked prostitute and any other naked woman.” Strauss- Kahn, 62, has already confessed to taking part in swingers parties and having a “ liberated but legal” sex life. He has admitted he needs treatment for sex addiction.
But he insisted he never knew girls were being paid to have sex with him and said he had “ a horror of prostitutes and pimps”. He has branded claims he slept with vice girls as a “ malicious insinuation” and vowed to clear his name.
Strauss- Kahn has been engulfed in a tide of sex scandals since he was arrested for trying to rape a New York hotel chambermaid in May. The charges were dropped but the outrage at the accusations forced him to resign as the IMF director and abandon his hopes of becoming the next French president.
He returned to France only to face similar accusations of sexually abusing a young French writer, which were also dropped.
-Agencies