Dominique Strauss-Kahn has taken the witness stand to testify about his alleged role in sex parties with prostitutes, saying the frequency of the evenings had been wildly exaggerated.
Earlier feminist activists threw themselves on Strauss-Kahn's car in protest as the ex-IMF chief arrived at court to testify.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn has taken the witness stand to testify about his alleged role in sex parties with prostitutes, saying the frequency of the evenings had been wildly exaggerated.
"When you read the criminal complaint you get the impression it was this frenetic activity," Strauss-Kahn told the court.
"But it was four times a year, not more than that. It wasn't this out-of-control activity."
The 65-year-old former head of the International Monetary Fund is accused of instigating about a dozen parties he knew involved prostitutes between 2008-2011 in the northern French city of Lille, Washington, Brussels and Paris.
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