Former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn leaves his hotel to attend the trial in the so-called Carlton Affair, in Lille, February 18, 2015, where 14 people including Strauss-Kahn stand accused of sex offences including the alleged procuring of prostitutes. A French prosecutor asked a criminal court on Tuesday to acquit Strauss-Kahn of a pimping charge for his role in what investigating magistrates argued was an organized sex ring using prostitutes. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol (FRANCE - Tags: CRIME LAW HEADSHOT)