French President Nicolas Sarkozy has threatened to sue a publishing company unless it withdraws a Sarkozy doll that comes with a voodoo manual telling readers to plant pins in it.
The doll is emblazoned with some of Sarkozy's most famous
quotes such as Get lost you pathetic arsehole -- his words to a bystander who refused to shake his hand at a farm show last year.
Readers are encouraged to plant pins in the quotes.
Sarkozy
Nicolas Sarkozy has instructed me
to remind you that, whatever his status and fame, he has exclusive and absolute rights over his own image, his lawyer Thierry Herzog wrote to publishers K&B in a letter published by newspaper Le Monde. Herzog said Sarkozy would sue the
publishing firm if it didn't respond and pull the product. K&B has issued 20,000 copies of the manual and doll.
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