Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was released from a French police station on Wednesday after two days of questioning about an alleged illegal prostitution ring. The 62-year-old former Socialist minister was driven away by car under a police motorcycle escort from the station in the northern city of Lille, where dozens of journalists had gathered.
Prosecutors said Strass-Kahn, once considered a front-runner to become the next president of France, would be summoned to appear again before investigating magistrates in March over a series of sex parties. He was freed after being detained for about 32 hours for questioning by police on charges of "abetting aggravated pimping by an organised gang" and "misuse of company funds". During his interrogation, Strauss-Kahn told investigators he did not suspect women he met at orgies were prostitutes, as they were introduced to him by senior police officers, a source close to the probe said.