Pimp defends Dominique Strauss-Kahn - Telegraph "I think that with his work at the IMF, he had other things to do than organise orgies," Dominique Alderweireld, a convicted pimp widely known as "Dodo la Saumure" (Dodo the brine), told Canal Plus television. Mr Strauss-Kahn's legal team failed in a December bid to have the pimping charges dismissed in the only outstanding case against their client. The Socialist politician last month agreed a financial settlement with a New York hotel maid whose 2011 allegation of sexual assault forced him to resign from his IMF job and wrecked his chances of becoming French president. Mr Strauss-Kahn admitted a sexual encounter took place but insisted it was consensual. A criminal probe into the incident collapsed after the maid changed her version of events. French prosecutors however are convinced they have a case against Mr Strauss-Kahn in what is known as the "Carlton affair." It centres around allegations that business leaders and police officials in Lille operated a vice ring supplying girls for sex parties, some of which are said to have taken place at the northern city's Carlton Hotel. Others allegedly took place in Washington, where the International Monetary Fund is based. Alderweireld on Wednesday became the 10th person to be charged with aggravated pimping. His nickname Dodo la Saumure is a reference to the curing liquid used for mackerel, which is French slang for pimp.