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Elton John to pursue privacy law case against French media after health rumours
By Chris Cooke | Published on Monday 17 August 2015
Elton John is taking legal action in France over “unfounded reports” about his and husband David Furnish’s private life.
Lawyers for the singer have pledged to take action against three French media outlets after they published rumours about John’s health, seemingly after he required treatment for an abscess on his thigh, which became unbearable after a game of tennis. The singer received treatment in a hospital in Monaco, nearby where he and his family were residing at the time.
A legal rep for John and Furnish said on Friday that his clients “have instructed my office to pursue through the justice system the violation of the right to respect for their private life due to the publishing by Closermag.fr, TeleStar.fr and VSD of unfounded rumours about their health”.
He added that the two men “will no longer tolerate the violation of their privacy and the exploitation of their renown and their image for commercial ends in France”.
