Crime | Carla Bruni Company Fined for Nude Bruni Handbags Bag maker must pay $58K By Sarah Quinn Posted Dec 18, 2008 9:11 AM CST Copied Pope Benedict XVI, left, and France's President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, gesture after their meeting at the Elysee Palace on Sept. 12, 2008, as French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, center, looks on. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) See 1 more photo A company has been fined more than $58,000 for using the naked image of France's first lady without her permission, the BBC reports. A court on Reunion, a French island in the Indian Ocean, says canvas bags made by Pardon! violated Carla Bruni's rights to her own image. The bags feature a 1993 image of Bruni and the words: "My boyfriend should have bought me Pardon." Damages will go to charity. Read These Next RFK Jr. suggests antidepressants to blame after shooting. Details trickle out on 2 more victims of the Minneapolis shooting. The Air Force has changed its tune on Ashli Babbitt. Isolated tribe members show up in an unexpected place. See 1 more photo Report an error