FRANCE/FILE: French actress Julie Gayet sues Closer magazine for breach of privacy after Hollande affair story

Record ID: 278082

  • Title: FRANCE/FILE: French actress Julie Gayet sues Closer magazine for breach of privacy after Hollande affair story
  • Date: 6th March 2014
  • Summary: PARIS, FRANCE (FILE - JANUARY 10, 2014) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF FRONT COVER OF 'CLOSER' MAGAZINE WHICH ALLEGED HOLLANDE WAS HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH GAYET
  • Embargoed: 21st March 2014 12:00
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  • Location: France
  • Country: France
  • Topics: Legal System,Communications,Entertainment,Politics,People
  • Reuters ID: LVA8BIWAEKWE2S73SQ87CXT18OU3
  • Story Text: French actress Julie Gayet is suing Closer magazine for breach of privacy after it published a report which alleged she was having an affair with French President Francois Hollande, her lawyer said on Thursday (March 6).
    The weekly magazine last month published a seven page photo spread of activity outside a Parisian apartment block to support its allegation.
    The pictures showed the arrival of one man resembling one of Hollande's bodyguards, a second man - which it purported was Hollande - arriving and leaving on a scooter, unidentifiable in a black helmet.
    A woman, who the publication alleged was Gayet, was also seen arriving at and leaving the same apartment.
    "It's a breach of privacy, to follow people and track them, to have a contract by which a paparazzi follows someone for weeks, from their house, everywhere. There is breach of privacy for legitimate reasons," Gayet's lawyer, Jean Enocchi, told reporters after a court hearing in Nanterre, near Paris.
    Gayet is seeking 50,000 euros in damages and 4,000 euros in legal costs.
    Lawyer representing Closer magazine, Delphine Pando, said she didn't feel the case would get any more priority than a regular case, just because it involved the French President.
    "But I think your particularly imposing presence today shows that this is not an ordinary case," she told reporters outside the courtroom.
    The court will hand down its ruling on March 27.
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