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Juliet Gayet at Cannes in 2009 AP Photo/Matt Sayles
Privacy

French actress sues Closer magazine over reported affair with Hollande

Julie Gayet is seeking €50,000 in damages for the report. If she wins, Closer will have to publish the legal verdict on its cover page.

FRENCH ACTRESS JULIE Gayet has initiated legal proceedings against Closer magazine in France over its report that she was having an affair with President Francois Hollande, the magazine said today.

Gayet, 41, is seeking €50,000 in damages and €4,000 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 she has claimed, the magazine’s scoop should still be a money earner.

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(AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)

Earlier this week, it said it was on track to sell 600,000 copies of its edition with the Hollande/Gayet pictures, twice is usual circulation.

The magazine has promised another series of pictures and fresh revelations about the affair in its next edition, which hits the streets tomorrow.

- © AFP, 2014

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