A Frenchman faces jail for sending a risqué email to a high-profile female politician.
Glamourous MEP Rachida Dati complained to the police after an unnamed 40-year-old wrote to her asking for an "inflation", the Telegraph reports.
The request was a reference to a recent, widely-reported Freudian slip by Dati, who confused the French words for inflation and fellatio in a radio interview.
Talking about overseas investment funds she said: "I see some of them looking for returns of 20 or 25 per cent, at a time when fellatio is almost non-existent."
She apparently didn't see the funny side of the email however, and after tracking the man down via his IP address, Lyon's Judicial Police raided his home and arrested him. Following 48 hours in custody, he faces a prison sentence of up to a month and a fine of up to €10,000 on charges of "displaying contempt towards a public servant".
Dati was formerly a member of President Sarkozy's cabinet. After she left the government under a cloud, reports linked her to false rumours that Sarkozy and Carla Bruni were both having affairs. ®
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Jail for 'displaying contempt toward a public servant?' You've* brought back the crime of Lèse majesté. The traditional penalties will be next, just wait and see.
props for excellent Mae West quote....
*what jurisdiction passed this law anyway? France? The EU?
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Oh, the law exists in France. But it's usually reserved to people spewing (verbal) abuse to "fonctionnaires"... And given the kind of treatment you get at their hands, it's no wonder they need special laws to be protected from the rightly wrathful general public... One saucy email doesn't count as abuse and isn't what that law was meant to stop...
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Frenchman cuffed for naughty lip-slip email to MEP
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