PARIS (AFP) ― Valerie Trierweiler, the girlfriend of French President Francois Hollande, is seeking 85,000 euros (108,000) in damages from the authors and editor of a book that claims she two-timed the Socialist leader with a prominent right-winger.

Trierweiler has sued the authors of “La Frondeuse” (The Rebel) for defamation and infringement of her right to privacy.

The book, written by television journalists Christophe Jakubyszyn and Alix Bouilhaguet, claims Trierweiler had an affair with former minister Patrick Devedjian early on in her relationship with Hollande.

At the time she was still married to her second husband and Hollande was still officially with Segolene Royal, the mother of his four children.

Devedjian, who was a minister under Hollande’s predecessor Nicolas Sarkozy, has also initiated legal proceedings against the authors of the book, the latest in a string of publications designed to capitalise on public fascination with the president’s complicated love life.

Trierweiler’s suit will be considered by a court here on Dec. 10, her lawyer said.