___________________________________________________________________________________________________
Le tribunal de grande instance de Paris a débouté vendredi l’ex-épouse de Nicolas Sarkozy, Cécilia, qui réclamait l’interdiction d’un ouvrage qui lui est consacré et rédigé par la journaliste du Point Anna Bitton.
Quelques minutes après avoir pris connaissance de la décision, l’un des avocats de Cécilia Ciganer-Albeniz, Me Michèle Cahen, a annoncé qu’elle faisait appel de cette ordonnance de référé. Une audience de référé pourrait avoir lieu à la cour d’appel de Paris dès cet après-midi.
Jeudi matin, la juge des référés, Anne-Marie Sauteraud, avait examiné l’assignation déposée par Cécilia Ciganer-Albeniz, ex-Mme Sarkozy, contre le livre “Cécilia” paru jeudi aux éditions Flammarion.
Dans cet ouvrage, la journaliste politique du Point Anna Bitton rapporte des propos qu’aurait tenus Cécilia sur le président de la République, ses enfants ou encore sur Richard Attias, qui a été son compagnon après une séparation avec Nicolas Sarkozy en 2005.
Lors de l’audience de jeudi, les avocats de l’ex-Mme Sarkozy avaient estimé que ce livre “portait gravement atteinte à l’intimité de sa vie privée”.
(Source: Yahoo!)
___________________________________________________________________________________________________
President Nicolas Sarkozy’s ex-wife lost a legal battle Friday to stop publication of a book in which she allegedly called her former husband “cheap” and a “womanizer.”
The ruling is the latest episode in the French leader’s highly publicized romantic life. He suggested this week that he and his latest love interest, former model Carla Bruni, are on the verge of tying the knot.
And his former wife, Cecilia Sarkozy, and their 11-year marriage are the subject of three books that hit bookstores this week, generating buzz about the president’s private life three months after they divorced.
Her lawyers asked a court to ban one of them, “Cecilia,” saying it violated her private life. The author, journalist Anna Bitton, quotes Cecilia Sarkozy as calling the president a “womanizer,” “cheap” and “ridiculous.”
The court threw out the complaint Friday, ruling that a ban “would be totally disproportionate.” The book went on sale Thursday.
Michele Cahen, a lawyer for Cecilia Sarkozy, said she would appeal the decision, adding that the former first lady denied making many comments that appear in the book. Cahen said she personally had not read the other two books.
The judge noted that Cecilia Sarkozy had discussed her relationship with her ex-husband in two interviews after her divorce, suggesting she was not seeking to keep her private life secret.
The author’s lawyer, Christophe Bigot, argued that the Sarkozys had made their private life public as part of their effort to get him elected president.
He also insisted the book was not insulting to Cecilia Sarkozy, although it calls her a shopping addict who complains that her alimony payments are too low for her lifestyle.
(Source: Yahoo!)
___________________________________________________________________________________________________
