. >>> he never denied he took part in orgies and parties, in belgium exprkt united states, they were group section sessions and he insisted it wasn't his morality that was on trial and didn't know that the women involved were prostitutes and the court believed him. >>> the judgment is out everyone can see there was no legal basis in the case, and all the noise that has surrounded this story has given us all something to think about. >>> he was one of the world's most influential figures, he was the finance minister who prepared france for introduction of the euro and director of the international monetary fun and he was thought to be weeks away from declaring his intention to run against mar coy, when he was arrested in new york. he was accused of section wally assaulting a hotel made and that trial collapsed after the prosecution had doubts about the alleged victim's credibility. and he settled a civil case out of court and now he leaves the court, a freeman and it seems hard to imagine that he can ever revive his presidential ambitions and he may still try to pay a role in public l