Gaddafi son sues Geneva, paper for police photo

A son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is suing Geneva authorities and a city newspaper for a published police photograph following his arrest in the Swiss city last year on charges of mistreating domestic employees. Hannibal Gaddafi demanded damages for the "illegal invasion" of privacy and harm done to his reputation for the leaked police photo on the Tribune de Geneve's front page on Sept 4, 2009. He filed a civil suit against Geneva cantonal authorities, the paper and an unnamed journalist on Dec 17, a statement from Geneva's judiciary said. No further details would be released. Gaddafi and his pregnant wife Aline were briefly arrested in July 2008 in their luxury Geneva lakeside hotel on charges of mistreating two domestic employees. The charges were later dropped as part of an out-of-court settlement. Libya cut oil supplies to Switzerland and withdrew more than $5 billion in assets from Swiss banks after the arrests, which sparked a diplomatic row which is still festering.