Ex-IMF chief Strauss-Kahn to go on trial for 'pimping' Ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, whose sexual proclivities cost him his job and a shot at the French presidency, goes on trial Monday with several businessmen for "pimping" over his alleged role in a prostitution ring. The case, known as the "Carlton Affair", began with a probe of a notorious pimp who owns a string of bordellos near the French border in Belgium, where prostitution and brothel ownership are legal. IMAGES before the trial begins