French court fines magazines for Hollande snapshots with companion


French President Francois Hollande listens to speeches during a visit to the new National Superior Maritime School (ENSM) in Le Havre, France, October 6, 2015. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer

PARIS (Reuters) - A French court fined two celebrity gossip magazines on Tuesday for publishing photographs of President Francois Hollande and his actress companion at a presidential retreat earlier this year, her lawyer said.

The court found the weeklies VSD and Voici guilty of breach of privacy, fined them 1,500 euros ($1,116 pounds) each and ordered them to print apologies. Gayet had asked for a symbolic euro in damages, which she was granted.

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