Two magazines sentenced for invasion of Eric Zemmour's privacy

The magazines

and

, sued last year by far-right polemicist Eric Zemmour for invasion of privacy, were sentenced this week by the Nanterre court (Hauts-de-Seine), on the reverse of

, which won.

"The three disputes relate to the revelation of the sentimental relationship maintained by Eric Zemmour and his adviser, Sarah Knafo, during the period preceding his declaration for the presidential campaign or contemporary thereof", indicated a judicial source.

According to the judgment consulted on Wednesday by AFP, the Reworld Media group, owner of Closer, is ordered to pay 3,000 euros to the former presidential candidate, "under the right to respect for his private life" and "under rights over his image.

The group is also ordered to pay 8,000 euros to Mylène Chichportich, the wife of the polemicist.

In a press release published in October 2022, the lawyers of the former far-right candidate denounced “stolen photos” of the spouses published by

.

Debate of general interest

Prisma Media, owner of

, is also ordered to pay 3,000 euros to Eric Zemmour, for the same reasons.

The magazine had published in September 2022 photos and a text on the proximity between Eric Zemmour and Sarah Knafo.

Regarding

, which had been assigned for its September 2022 front page on Eric Zemmour's "very close adviser", the magazine mentioned Mylène Chichportich's refusal to divorce, which was interpreted by the court as falling under the debate of 'general interest.

The Lagardère News group is therefore not condemned.

Contacted, Eric Zemmour's lawyer did not wish to comment on this decision.

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