Monday, September 10, 2012

Arnault Sues Libé

Bernard Arnault is suing Libération for publicly insulting him with a headline that obviously paraphrased the words of a former president of the Republic: "Casse-toi riche con!"

Le patron de LVMH, Bernard Arnault, a décidé de porter plainte contre le journal "Libération" pour "injures publiques proférées à son égard", selon un communiqué, après la Une choc du quotidien lundi "Casse toi, riche con!" qui fustigeait sa demande de naturalisation belge.
An interesting legal conundrum: Can you sue someone for injures publiques when the injure in question is borrowed from a head of state?

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