French police are probing a suspected prostitution ring that has implicated police and other officials. They have questioned prostitutes who said they had sex with Strauss-Kahn during 2010 and 2011 at a luxury hotel in Paris, a restaurant in the French capital and also in Washington, D.C., where he lived while working for the Washington-based IMF.
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French newspapers have dubbed the prostitution investigation “The Carlton Affair” after the name of the expensive Lille hotel where some encounters allegedly took place. Investigators are seeking to discover if prostitutes were paid using corporate funds from French construction company Eiffage.
The “Carlton affair” is unconnected to the New York case. Despite prosecutors’ doubts, the hotel maid has insisted she was truthful about the encounter and is pursuing claims against Strauss-Kahn in a civil lawsuit.

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