Johansson suing French publisher
Actress says novel invades her privacy
PARIS — Actress Scarlett Johansson is suing a French publishing house over a novel that uses her name and image and explores the challenges of being beautiful.
The JC Lattes publishing house said Friday that a lawsuit was filed last week about Grégoire Delacourt’s book The First Thing We Look At.
JC Lattes spokesperson Emmanuelle Allibert says the book is fiction and is about a character who looks like Johansson, not Johansson herself.
Johansson’s French lawyer Vincent Toledano said that Johansson is protesting the use of her name and image for “mercantile” purposes, and accuses the book of invading her privacy.