Actress in privacy suit over Hollande affair report
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French actress Julie Gayet has launched a privacy suit against Closer magazine over its report that she was having an affair with President Francois Hollande, the magazine said yesterday.
Gayet is seeking 50,000 euros (US$68,000) in damages and 4,000 euros in legal costs from the magazine over a report she claims breached France’s privacy legislation. If she wins, Closer will have to publish the legal verdict on its cover page.
At a press conference on Tuesday, Hollande expressed his “total indignation” over Closer’s publication of photos that the magazine said showed him and Gayet arriving separately for secret trysts at a borrowed flat yards from the presidential Elysee Palace.
But the Socialist leader ruled out legal action on his own behalf, saying that would not be appropriate given that he himself enjoys immunity from any legal action.
Even if Closer is forced to pay Gayet the maximum amount claimed, the magazine’s scoop should still be a money earner.
Earlier this week, it said it was on track to sell 600,000 copies of its edition with the Hollande/Gayet pictures, twice its usual circulation.
The magazine has promised another series of pictures and fresh revelations about the affair in its next edition, which hits the streets today.
This news came as concern mounted over the well-being of Valerie Trierweiler, as the official partner of Hollande remained in hospital and it emerged that the president had not visited.
Trierweiler has spent almost a week in a Paris clinic being treated for stress. She was admitted last Friday, hours after it was revealed that Hollande had been having an affair with Gayet.
Aides to Trierweiler said earlier this week that she had been hospitalized for tests, adding after her stay was extended that she needed further rest.
They have since released no further details of her condition and Hollande’s only comment on her health was a terse, “she’s resting,” during a press conference on Tuesday at which he batted away questions about the affair and its implications.
A source close to the couple said that Hollande had not visited Trierweiler in hospital and confirmed media suggestions that their relationship had been unravelling for months.
Citing journalist friends of Trierweiler who have been in touch with her, Europe 1 radio described the former Paris Match political reporter as being in a state of nervous exhaustion characterized by mood swings.
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