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PARIS — French far-right pundit and presidential hopeful Eric Zemmour is suing French gossip magazine Closer over its Friday cover story alleging Sarah Knafo, his de facto campaign director, is pregnant with his child.
“Whatever happens, always and everywhere, I will strongly, fiercely defend the privacy of myself and people close to me,” Zemmour tweeted on Friday morning. “Yes to public life. No to voyeurism. Sorry for perverts.”
Olivier Pardo, Zemmour’s lawyer, announced his client was suing.
“I’m going to hit them in the pocket, because that’s where it hurts,” Pardo said on BFMTV. “I’m going to sue them for damages and I’m going to win because it’s an obvious infringement of privacy.”
In September, the French glossy magazine Paris Match published a photo of Zemmour bathing with and hugging Knafo. However, the two never officially confirmed they were in a relationship. Zemmour, who is married, is trying to appeal to the traditionalist Catholic electorate ahead of April’s vote.
Zemmour had similarly sued Paris Match for infringement to his private life.
Zemmour’s lawyers on Thursday reportedly tried and failed to prevent the issue of Closer from publishing the next day, according to weekly magazine Le Point, saying it was infringing on his and his advisor’s private life.
In 2014, the same gossip magazine revealed former President François Hollande’s relationship with actress Julie Gayet.
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