Dominique Strauss-Kahn acquitted in pimping case

Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been cleared of aggravated pimping and involvement in a prostitution ring by a court in Lille, France.

In February the state prosecutor called for the 66 year-old to be acquitted of charges that he instigated sex parties with prostitutes because of a lack of proof.

It comes four years after separate sex assault accusations by a New York hotel maid ended Strauss-Kahn's ambitions to become president of France.