A further three US Secret Service officers resigned on Friday over an expanding prostitution scandal in Colombia involving 10 agents, six of which have now lost their jobs.
INTERNATIONAL PAPERS, Fri. 21/04/12: With the French presidential election just days away, Sarkozy is in deep trouble according to the International Herald Tribune, which says the French president is facing a tactical electoral dilemma. The daily says that if he is defeated, the implications would radiate well beyond Paris. Meanwhile, the US press explores the Secret Service prostitution scandal.
Lawyers for former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn asked a judge on Wednesday to dismiss a civil suit filed by a New York hotel maid who has accused him of attempted rape. Criminal charges against Strauss-Kahn were dropped last year.
His presidential ambitions long dashed, Dominique Strauss-Kahn now finds himself linked to a prostitution ring in northern France. François Picard’s panel weighs up the relative impact on French politics and society.
His presidential ambitions long dashed, Dominique Strauss-Kahn now finds himself linked to a prostitution ring in northern France. François Picard’s panel weighs up the relative impact on French politics and society.
Lawyers for Dominique Strauss-Kahn defended the embattled former IMF chief Wednesday at the opening of a civil suit filed by a New York hotel maid who accuses him of trying to rape her last year.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s lawyers have said their client, placed under formal investigation Monday for alleged involvement in a prostitution ring, was being hounded for “the offence of lust” which is “not forbidden in the penal code”.
Onetime allies of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the IMF and a prominent French Socialist, are seeking to distance themselves as he faces a formal investigation into his alleged involvement in a prostitution ring.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the IMF and a prominent French Socialist, has been placed under formal investigation for his alleged involvement in a prostitution ring, his lawyer said Monday.
Judges are questioning Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the IMF and a prominent French Socialist, in connection with an investigation into his alleged involvement in procuring prostitutes, a judicial source told AFP on Monday.
