rob reynolds al jazeera, los angeles. >>> a french court acquitted former imf chief dominick strauss kahng and we will go to who was following the story and this was the expected decision, wasn't it? >> reporter: it was, yes. in fact the prosecution themselves called for dominick strauss kahn to be acquitted so it's not a great surprise. during the trial back in february i think the prosecution struggled to prove a couple of things. certainly this charge of aggravated pimping implied that dominick strauss kahn organized sex parties and call them orgies which he admitted attending and was proven he did not have an organizational role and no proved he knew that the girls with whom he had group sex sessions with rough sex by his own omission he actually knew they were prostitutes so this is not an enormous surprise. >> a case that will have left many people with open jaws as they listen to the kind of evidence that was given. >> it was pretty unsavory yes, several weeks of evidence earlier in the year alluding to a series of wild parties that took place across a span of years, 2008-2011 in p

vessels and prime minister dodges the allegations. ♪ a french court has cleared former imf chief dominick strauss kahnaggravated pimping charges and got prostitutes for sex parties and the main prosecutor in the case called for strauss kahn to be acquitted because of lack of evidence and we will go to barnabie and his acquittal was the expected outcome. >> reporter: it was because during the trial back in february julie i think the prosecution struggled to prove that dominick strauss kahn organized these orgies these group sex parties. they even struggled to prove that he knew conclusively he knew the girls who took part in these sessions were prostitutes. mr. strauss kahn said he was not aware of that despite their tearful testimony in the court, he assumed they were french word of free spirits who just wanted to be part of the sessions as he did. he said as a form of relaxation and let's not forget he was head of imf at the time around about the global financial crisis of 20008 and he said frankly there were times he wanted to get away from it all because he was busy saving the world during his day

strauss kahn's morals is what he argued rather than any concrete evidence of criminal activity. this dates back to the period 2008-2011, at the time of course dominickauss kahn was head of imf and took part in sexual parties mainly in northern france and call them orgies if you like and there was rough sex, group sex involved but he was adamant throughout the trial and quite calm on this point that he never knew any of the girls there were paid that they were prostitutes. he said that would have been too big of risk for him to have taken as head of the imf and he was simply seeking to release tension if you like, relax from the pressure of saving the world during the global financial crisis and it seems that that argument may sway and we will have to see what happens. >> as you alluded to it has been a very colorful three-week trial with lots of lured details and people have found some of these details quite interesting to say the least. >> yes. it's been very colorful but you might say it has been a colorful four-year period in mr. strauss kahn's life when he was accused of sexual assault on a chamber made in a hotel and where his down fall and rep