A court heard a French pop singer's lawsuit Monday against a TV news channel he accuses of violating his right to privacy by airing rumours he was having an affair with first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy.
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| Benjamin Biolay |
French singer Benjamin Biolay is demanding 20,000 euros (27,000 dollars) in damages from the publicly-funded all-news channel that is aimed at a global audience.
He is also planning to sue France's Voici celebrity magazine for publishing photos of him embracing the actress Laura Smet, who is the daughter of French rock icon Johnny Halliday, Biolay's lawyer told AFP. Well looks like Benjamin gotta ringa-ring from Laura's Daddy!!
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| Benjamin Biolay and Laura Smet, Sang Froid |
Monday's court hearing came less than a week after Bruni-Sarkozy went on a radio show to quash rumours of infidelity in her marriage with President Nicolas Sarkozy.
The rumours first appeared on Twitter and a blog before being picked up by some mainstream media, especially British, German and Swiss newspapers.
Benjamin Biolay's lawyer rejected France 24 channel's argument that it was legitimate to discuss an affair that had been widely written about in the foreign press despite being almost entirely ignored by French media.
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