Hot on the heels of his courtroom win against Ryanair last week to the tune of $89,000 (about twice the median household income in the U.S., by the way), French President Nicolas Sarkozy has found yet another thing to love about the American way of life - litigation. Today he announced his intention to sue the website of the French weekly Le Nouvel Observateur for publishing a story that he text messaged his ex-wife Cecilia that he would call off his wedding to That Woman if she came back to him.

I would hereby like to correct the following potential sources of misunderstanding. Nick did not call me offering to call off his wedding if I forgave him for his philandering. In fact, since we were at no point involved in an exclusive relationship, philandering is a completely inaccurate description of his behavior. You definitely won’t find his phone number programmed into my cell phone, and you’ll find no records of text messages between our phones.

Also, I don’t have any money to sue for, I swear.

Sarkozy ‘never sent Cecilia text’ [BBC News]
France: President Wins Ad Dispute With Ryanair [NY Times]