Carla's agony as intimate photos of her with ex-lover are stolen in raid on Paris flat
Mail Online
29 Aprile 2009
La Putain de la Republique....
Hundreds of 'highly intimate' images of the French president's wife and her
former lover have been stolen during a burglary.
The photographs and videos of Carla Bruni, who is on an official trip to
Spain with Nicolas Sarkozy, date from the 41-year- old's affair with philosopher
Raphael Enthoven.
Thieves broke into the Paris flat of his brother, 27-year-old actor Julien
Enthoven, where the prints and videos were being kept, and stole them.
Police believe the images could be posted on the web, serving to embarrass
Nicolas Sarkozy or be sold for a sizeable sum, thanks to his third wife's
status.
A source said: 'The thieves appeared to know exactly what they were looking
for, taking highly intimate prints, a camera full of further images, videos, and
numerous computer files.
'They broke into Mr Enthoven's flat in Rue Dauphine, in the sixth
arrondissement, on Sunday night, smashing a window in the sitting room which
looks out on to the courtyard. Nobody was at home at the time, and nothing else
was taken.'
Raphael, who fathered Miss Bruni's son Aurelien, eight, is believed to have
entrusted the pictures to his brother as he did not want them to embarrass his
new partner, or Mr Sarkozy, a detective working on the case said.
The Sarkozys arrived in Spain the day after the raid.
Embarrassment: Carla Bruni yesterday in Madrid with the
Spanish Prime Minister's wife Sonsoles Espinosa Diaz
But neighbours in the mansion block where Julien Enthoven lives said it was
'suspicious'.
'It's almost impossible to get into any of the flats here, and burglaries are
pretty much unheard of,' said Jean-Frederic Avel.
Miss Bruni had been living with the Enthovens' father, the Paris philosopher
Jean-Paul, in the late 1990s before leaving him for his married elder son.
Raphael's ex-wife, the author Justine Levy, never forgave her, portraying
Miss Bruni in a book as a 'husband stealer' with a 'terminator smile'.
Ms Bruni and Raphael Enthoven - who is said to have
entrusted the intimate snaps to his brother so that they would not fall into the
wrong hands
Last year, just before a state visit to Britain, nude pictures of Miss Bruni,
a former model, were released.
Since then she has been trying to tone down her image.
In February the home of the president's brother, Francois Sarkozy, in the
upmarket suburb of Neuilly was raided, with the loss of official documents and
cash.
A week earlier £500,000 worth of jewellery was taken from the Neuilly
apartment of Cecilia Attias, Mr Sarkozy's second wife.
Of the most recent theft, a police source said: 'We can not rule out a link
with earlier burglaries.'
Brave face: French PM Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni try
to put aside their fears on official duty in Madrid
By Peter Allen
Source > Mail Online
| Apr 29
