Strauss-Kahn sues Sarkozy aide and leading French newspaper

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Source: Reuters

Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, tipped to become France's next president before his arrest on sex assault charges, is suing a newspaper, several magazines and an adviser of President Nicolas Sarkozy over reports about him, his lawyers have said.

Acting for Strauss-Kahn and his wife Anne Sinclair, a former TV star and art heiress, lawyers said they were pursuing French daily Le Figaro and several French magazines as well as Henri Guaino, a senior Sarkozy adviser. "Neither Anne Sinclair nor Dominique Strauss-Kahn wish to limit free expression of ideas and circulation of information but neither do they accept their privacy being exploited and fed off for purely commercial reasons," said the statement.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/22/strauss-kahn-sues-sarkozy-aide-rape