French President apologises after teen son throws tomato & marbles at policewoman

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French President apologises after teen son throws tomato & marbles at policewoman
by Darius Kadivar
11-Apr-2012
 

The youngest son of President Nicolas Sarkozy threw a tomato, a marble and other objects at a police woman standing outside France's presidential residence, it emerged on Sunday.

The French president has been forced to apologise to a policewoman after his teenage son threw a tomato at her. 15-year-old Louis, whose mother is Sarkozy's ex-wife Cecilia Ciganer, bombarded the unnamed officer as she paced the street outside the Élysée Palace. French media also reported that she was also hit on the cheek by a pellet as Louis and his friends played in the courtyard. Police sources say that Sarkozy later met with the policewoman and apologised on his son's behalf. However, his office declined to release a statement of their own.


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TOMATOS & MARBLES


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Nicolas Sarkozy's son Louis suspected of pelting police woman by By Peter Allen, Paris (The Telegraph, 11 Mar 2012)

The youngest son of President Nicolas Sarkozy threw a tomato, a marble and other objects at a police woman standing outside France's presidential residence, it emerged on Sunday.

Louis Sarkozy, 15, and two friends struck the officer from the courtyard of the Elysee Palace. She filed an official criminal report, but the case was dropped after the hugely embarrassed president apologised to her in person.

On Sunday there were accusations that aides close to Mr Sarkozy tried to "hush up" the scandal because he is currently standing for re-election.

Reports of delinquent behaviour by Mr Sarkozy's son could not have come at a worse time for the conservative head of state, who prides himself on his tough law-and-order policies.

It also raised serious questions about the discipline of the presidential children, who are largely kept out of the public eye by Mr Sarkozy and his third wife, Carla Bruni.

The tomato was among a volley of marbles and rolled up pieces of paper which went flying over the palace gates on Thursday, hitting the woman as she walked up and down the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honore outside, French media reported.

A Paris police source said: "A criminal complaint was considered, but the police woman was finally persuaded to drop it."

In the end she made do with an apology from the president, after being told that Louis and his friends frequently played in the palace courtyard.

"However, the fact that there is an election campaign in progress clearly played a significant role in the complaint not proceeding. It may well have been hushed up to save Mr Sarkozy embarrassment. These were not childish pranks - Louis is 15-years-old." said the police source.

Louis is the son of Mr Sarkozy's second wife, Cecilia Attias, whom he divorced within a few months of becoming president in 2007.

Mrs Attias now lives full time in New York, having remarried, but Louis frequently travels to Paris to see his father.

Mr Sarkozy has two older sons, Pierre and Jean, who are have been involved in scandals linked to their father.

Last month Mr Sarkozy spent £28,000 of French taxpayers' money repatriating Pierre, a 26-year-old DJ, from Ukraine after he fell ill after complaining of â food poisoning' before a nightclub performance.

Five years ago Mr Sarkozy was accused of using the police force to help Jean, now 27, after he was accused of committing a hit-and-run crime on his scooter. Jean denied the incident and was cleared by a French court of fleeing the scene of an accident.

Mr Sarkozy had a baby, Giulia, with Ms Bruni, in November and a son, Aurelien, 11, from a previous relationship, who like the baby is kept well away from the public eye.

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