Frédéric Mitterrand admits paying for sex but denies paedophilia Frédéric Mitterrand, France's culture minister, on Thursday denied that he had paid boys for sex, in an impassioned response to critics ...

PARIS — France’s minister of culture, whose forceful defense of film director Roman Polanski brought scrutiny to his own life, denied in a television interview Thursday that he had slept with underage ...

PARIS, France (CNN) -- French Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand said Thursday he will not resign over accounts in a book he wrote in 2005 about paying to have sex with "boys" in Thailand. In an ...

A close aide dismissed calls for Mr Mitterrand's resignation despite his admission in an autobiographical book. Henri Guaino, a member of the president's inner circle, described criticism of Mr ...

An aide to President Nicolas Sakozy has defended the French culture minister, Frederic Mitterrand, who faces calls for his resignation over comments he made on paying "boys" for sex in his ...

France's Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand is facing intense pressure over a book he wrote that described paying for "young boys" in Thailand. The book was written four years ago, before he joined ...