Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been confronted by topless protesters shortly before telling a court he had no idea women at sex parties he attended were prostitutes.
The former head of the International Monetary Fund faces 10 years in jail and a £1.1m fine if found guilty of organising women to attend the orgies.
The economist was ambushed as his car approached the building in Lille, with activists climbing on to the roof and shouting insults.
Many of the women had "guilty" scrawled on their half-naked bodies.
Police handcuffed the demonstrators and removed them from the scene, throwing coats over their exposed chests.
Strauss-Kahn is accused along with 13 others of running a prostitution ring out of luxury hotels in Paris, Washington DC, Lille and Brussels.
In his first testimony, he affirmed his defence that he did not know the women were prostitutes.
"I had a very hectic life, with just a few outlets for recreation, and these sessions were part of that," Strauss-Kahn told the court.
He said he had believed the women were "a group of friends", and if he had known they were prostitutes "I would have totally stopped participating in these soirees".
"I am horrified at the practice of using prostitutes," he added.
Strauss-Kahn said the orgies were rare and there was none of the "wild activity" he has been accused of.
Some of the prostitutes questioned have described the evening as sexual "carnage".
They claim the parties were going on between 2009 and 2011, when the IMF chief was dealing with the depths of the global financial crisis.
One former prostitute, Mounia, has claimed Strauss-Kahn made her commit a sex act that was "against nature" - something the former IMF chief strongly denies.
Strauss-Kahn's friend, businessman Fabrice Paszkowski, who is accused of financing and organising the parties, said he never told him he had paid the women to attend.
In a separate 2011 case, a maid accused Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault at a luxury hotel in New York.
It was eventually settled in a civil suit, but wrecked his ambitions of running for the French presidency.
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