Media News - Tuesday, September 11, 2012
France’s richest man Bernard Arnault sues Liberation newspaper over ‘insult’
France's richest man, Bernard Arnault, head of the LVMH luxury group, is suing the leftwing newspaper Libe'ration for publicly insulting him. Arnault launched a lawsuit on Monday after the paper carried a large photograph of the business tycoon with the headline "Casse-toi riche con!" (Get lost, rich jerk) on its front page. The headline echoed the former president Nicolas Sarkozy's insult to a farmworker who refused to shake his hand at the national agricultural show. Sarkozy told the man: "Casse-toi pauv' con!" (Get lost, poor jerk). The Liberation story referred to Arnault's announcement that he was seeking Belgian nationality just a day before President Francois Hollande confirmed a 75 percent tax band for those earning more than EUR 1m a year. Lawyers for Arnault, ranked the world's fourth richest man with a net worth of around USD 41bn by Forbes magazine, announced in a statement that he was suing Libe'ration for public insult over the headline, which he described as vulgar and violent. (The Guardian)
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