Strauss-Kahn loses lawsuit to ban ‘half-man half-pig’ book by ex-lover

Although it can now be published,the book will have to include an insert,and Iacub and her publisher must pay 50,000 euros (£43,100) in damages.Iacub does not name Strauss-Kahn in her book,but has publicly stated that he is the protagonist,whom she describes as “half man,half pig”.

Strauss-Kahn told the judge that the book was a ‘violation of the intimacy of private life’. His lawyers demanded that the book be banned or,failing that,an insert be added to each of the 40,000 copies of the first print-run,which had been due to go on sale on Wednesday.They did not provide details on what they wanted the insert to say,the report said.