Dominique Strauss-Kahn has lashed out at the focus on his sexual behaviour while standing trial accused of pimping.
The former IMF chief told a court in Lille, France, that he was not on trial for "deviant acts", adding that the idea that his preference for certain sexual activities would lead him to seek out prostitutes was "absurd".
Strauss-Kahn, 65, was once thought of as a front-runner to become France's president but now finds himself on trial, accused of arranging for prostitutes to attend sex parties he attended in Paris, Brussels and Washington.
Prostitution is legal in France but arranging it is considered procuring and attracts a jail sentence of up to 10 years.
On day two of the trial, Strauss-Kahn, known in France as DSK, again denied knowing the women with whom he had "free and friendly" sex parties were prostitutes.
He said paying for sex would be too big a risk for a man who was then head of the IMF, a body that was busy "saving the world from an unprecedented financial crisis".
The court also heard from Jade, an ex-prostitute, who said Strauss-Kahn performed a sex act during a night in a Brussels hotel before she had time to protest.
Sobbing while giving evidence, she told the court it was clear Strauss-Kahn knew she was paid to be there.
Strauss-Kahn said he had not realised she had objected and was "sorry" she had experienced it that way.
But he lost his patience when a lawyer for the prostitutes delved further into the event, saying: "I am starting to get fed up."
He added that people were free to disagree with his proclivities, but that he was not on trial for "deviant sexual practices".
Earlier Jade told the court that Strauss-Kahn had taken her to visit the IMF headquarters in Washington in January 2010 and the trial judge Bernard Lemaire passed around a picture of her smiling alongside him in his office.
But Strauss-Kahn said that, had he known she was a prostitute, it would be "inconceivable" that he would take the risk of hosting her at his work.
The court has already heard that Strauss-Kahn objected to the prosecution's idea of a "frenetic" schedule of sex parties, saying he only took part in such "recreational outlets" four times a year between 2008 and 2011.
Strauss-Kahn's presidential prospects were scuttled after he was accused of sexual assault by a New York hotel maid in a case that was later settled in a civil suit.
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