Culture minister condemns sexual tourism , denies he is a pedophile . Sarkozy , in Thursday book , wrote of paying for sex with `` boys '' in Thailand . `` Anyway , you can recognize someone who 's 40 years old ... '' Le Monde on 2005 published steamy excerpts from `` The Bad Life '' Mitterand came to the defense of the Socialist Party after the filmmaker 's arrest .
Culture minister condemns sexual tourism , denies he is a pedophile . Sarkozy , in Thursday book , wrote of paying for sex with `` boys '' in Thailand . Le Monde on 2005 published steamy excerpts from `` The Bad Life '' Mitterand came to the defense of the Socialist Party after the filmmaker 's arrest .