Elysee Palace refuses to comment on claims of adultery
By Ian Sparks
Nicolas Sarkozy has refused to comment on claims that he and First Lady Carla Bruni are
both having extra-marital affairs.
The suggestion that France's first couple are both committing adultery - she with a
musician, he with a karate champion - has appeared in a prestigious Sunday newspaper.
Le Journal du Dimanche reported in a blog on its official website rumours that Ms Bruni
has become romantically involved with Bejamin Biolay, a musician and a winner at France's
recent Victoires de la Musique' awards.
It went on the say that jilted President Sarkozy had swiftly found solace in the arms of
his 40-year-old ecology minister Chantal Jouanno, also a French karate champion.
French web magazine suchablog.com then reported that Bruni had been a close friend of
Biolay, 37, for many years and was now unofficially living with him at his flat in Paris.
Sarkozy's press spokesman at the Elysee Palace in Paris said he had 'absolutely no
comment' to make on the rumours of extra-marital affairs among France's first couple.
The rumours, which first appeared on Twitter, were given weight by the le Journal du
Dimanche report.
The paper wrote: 'It's the gossip of the moment that could become the story of the year.
'A romance is said to have started a few weeks ago between the First Lady of France and
music award winner Benjamin Biolay.
'The rumour started on Twitter and is now on blogs and websites everywhere.'
The paper went on to say that according to the suchablog website, it was now 'much more
than a rumour'.
The Journal du Dimanche added: "It says the presidential marriage is breathing its last
breaths. Carla Bruni is in love with Benjamin Biolay and the president has found solace
with Chantal Jouanno.'
Bejamin Biolay
The same story has also been reported by other established news sites including Yahoo News
France, Le Post and Agoravoxtv, as well as TV news channel i-Tele.
It is the first time since Bruni and Sarkozy met at a Paris dinner party in November 2007
that there have been repeated suggestions the marriage is in crisis.
For several months after their whirlwind romance and marriage three months later, regular
reports predicted the marriage would only last as long as Sarkozy remained President.
Bruni's now notorious remark that she is 'easily bored by monogamy' is also frequently
quoted by the media.
But not until now has any otherwise creditable news source repeated internet rumours that
either of them was cheating.
Both Sarkozy and Bruni have both been widely rumoured to have had affairs in the past.
Bruni - whose string of previous lovers includes Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton and Donald
Trump - is said to have started a relationship with writer Jean-Paul Enthoven, before
dumping him for his philospher son Raphael.
After having a son, Aurelien, in 2001, Raphael then left Bruni stating he felt she was
'uncommitted to the relationship'.
Sarkozy is reported to have had an affair with second wife Cecilia Ciganer-Albaniz while
married to his first wife Marie-Dominique Culioli - the mother of his two sons.
He then married Ciganer-Albaniz, but they split during his presidential election campaign
in 2007 when she started having an affair with U.S. publicist Richard Attais.
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