In 2018, a 48-year-old homeless Parisian lodged a complaint after the publication in Paris Match of a stolen photo at the Marx-Dormoy metro station in the 18th arrondissement of Paris.
Three years later, the weekly newspaper was ordered to pay 40,000 euros to this man and to remove the photo from its website and mobile application.
It's an incredible story.
That of a homeless man aged 48, addicted to crack who lives mainly in the 18th arrondissement of Paris.
Two years ago, he filed a complaint against
Paris Match
after discovering that he appeared in a photograph in the weekly newspaper (owned by the Lagardère group, like Europe 1), in an article on crack users in the metro.
He won his case and compensation of 40,000 euros according to
Le Parisien
.
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In January 2018, a group of friends of this homeless man came to see him and told him: "we saw your face in
Paris Match
", reports
Le Parisien
.
He goes to see the newspaper and discovers a picture in which he appears with some of his friends lighting a crack pipe, at the Marx-Dormoy station, on line 12 of the Paris metro.
"Everyone has the right to respect for their private life"
Above all, the homeless wanted the photo to be removed from the website and mobile application so that his family would not see it.
In 2019, the weekly was then ordered to pay 10,000 euros in damages to the victim and to remove the photo.
But some time later, the photo is still there.
The Parisian SDF then obtains success and compensation of 30,000 euros for the damage suffered.
The first civil chamber of the court of Nanterre finally considers that "with regard to a recognized addiction and a pathology, [
Paris Match
] discloses information on his state of physical and mental health".
"Everyone has, whatever their notoriety, their fortune, their present or future functions, the right to respect for their private life", concludes the Hauts-de-Seine court.