French Politicians Victims of Sex Scandal  

In the month of May scandalous sex allegations involving French politicians in France.

Five years ago, IMF head Dominique Strauss-Khn (DSK) was accused of attempted rape after his arrest on an Air France plane bound for Berlin, where he was due to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel to discuss the euro crisis, although the charges were later dropped.

Now the deputy speaker of the French assembly, the ecologist Denis Baupin, has had to resign after being accused by eight women from his party of sexual impropriety.

The timing of the accusations against Denis Baupin appears highly political, amid infighting within the Green Party.

Denis Baupin, 53, is left having to sue his accusers for defamation to try to prove his innocence. He vigorously denies the allegations.