Actor Bradley Cooper is taking bosses at a French magazine to court over a recent story detailing his budding relationship with Russian model Irina Shayk.
The couple has been linked since they were spotted attending a Broadway play together in April and the American Hustle star appeared to seal the romance by passionately kissing Shayk on the streets of New York City in early May.
The news hit gossip columns all over the world, but Cooper is taking issue with editors at one French publication, who ran a story on May 28 under the headline, "L'amour au grand jour", which loosely translates to "Love out in the open".
In legal papers filed in France this week, Cooper alleges he has never spoken publicly about dating Shayk and therefore the Oops! magazine article violates his right to a "private life".
