Sarkozy files legal complaint over love-life article

Newly-married French president Nicolas Sarkozy has filed a legal complaint over a media report saying he promised to call off his engagement if his ex-wife came back to him.

In a statement, Thierry Herzog said the complaint accused the website of the weekly newsmagazine Nouvel Observateur of having made the story up. The charges, which include “using falsehoods”, are punishable by fines and up to three years in prison.