Michel Houellebecq wants to take action against alleged sex video
Michel Houellebecq sits shirtless in a bed, with a young woman next to him. A deep hug ensues. This scene from the pre-announcement of a video documentary allegedly about sex with the writer caused a stir last week. Now Houellebecq’s lawyers will take action – This is reported by the French television station France24.
In the trailer for Movie director Stefan Ruitenbeek reports on how the recordings came about. Houellebecq had planned a trip to Morocco, for which his wife organized prostitutes for a month, but the trip was canceled due to the risk of Islamist attacks. The director then invited the writer to Amsterdam to meet women there. According to Ruitenbeek, the condition was that he was allowed to film.
The trailer “shocked and disgusted” Houellebecq and his wife, the French best-selling author’s lawyers said. The “serious and false statements” are an attack on their dignity. They will “put an end to the attacks immediately” and have the trailer removed from all Internet platforms, it said.
