French mag, photographer, in court over Hollande affair Publishers of the glossy weekly Closer and two photographers were in court Tuesday to face charges that they had breached the privacy of French actress Julie Gayet, after having revealed her affair with President Francois Hollande. Photographer Sebastien Valiela, whose first shots of Hollande and Gayet lifted the lid on their affair in January, denies taking another photo that was published in Closer, this time of Gayet in her car. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES