Culture France condemns sexual tourism , denies he is a pedophile . Frederic Mitterrand , in 2005 arrested , accused of paying for sex with ` ` boys '' in Thailand . Mitterrand -- the nephew of the Socialist former president Francois Mitterrand -- joined Sarkozy 's center-right government this summer . Le Monde on Thursday published steamy excerpts from ` ` The Bad Life '' Mitterand came to the attention of Roman Polanski after the filmmaker 's death .
Culture France condemns sexual tourism , denies he is a pedophile . Frederic Mitterrand , in 2005 arrested , accused of paying for sex with ` ` boys '' in Thailand . Le Monde on Thursday published steamy excerpts from ` ` The Bad Life '' Mitterand came to the attention of Roman Polanski after the filmmaker 's death .