French President François Hollande has threatened to sue Closer, a French celebrity magazine, after it published allegations that the president was engaged in a long affair with 41-year-old Julie Gayet, a French actress, according to a report by The Guardian.
Closer published seven pages of photos of Hollande's clandestine romance that took place in Gayet's Paris apartment.
The magazine reported that Hollande, 59, regularly drives through Gayet's apartment on a scooter. Gayet is married and is a mother of two.
Closer's report identified a woman shown in the photographs as Gayet who a arrived at the apartment block one night. Also in the photos, it showed a sequence of the arrival of a man that resembles the French presidents' bodyguard, while a second man arrives riding a scooter. Although the scooter rider's face was hidden by a black motorcycle helmet, Closer claimed that man was president Hollande.
Subsequent images followed the following morning with the same group of characters capture in photos, but a woman, who resembles Gayet appeared and walked away.
As of this write, neither Hollanded nor Gayet have given any comments regarding the French magazine's claim, which led to the story becoming viral on cyberspace for several months.
The well-regarded news weekly L'Express reported last month that the security services of the presidential palace were increasingly getting concerned with the president's "escapades."
With Closer's recent expose, the president's office issued a statement saying that Hollande "greatly deplores the invasion of his privacy, to which he has a right as any other citizen does".
The statement continued saying, Hollande "studying what action, including legal action, to take following this publication."
According to the Telegraph, Hollande, a socialist president, has never married, but is known to have lived with Valerie Trierweiler, a journalist for a number of years. Trierweiler is considered France's first lady.
© 2017 Jobs & Hire All rights reserved. Do not reproduce without permission.
