The French press is full of innuendo about the mental health condition of Heather Stewart-Whyte, a Gucci ex-model, mostly known for her frequent appearances in the Victoria's Secret catalogues in the nineties.

Heather, now 34, is divorced from French tennis star Yannick Noah, 42. A popular singer in France, Noah frequently appears in TV shows with their two children, Elijah, 6, and Jenaya, 5. Now Heather has asked a French court to stop her ex-husband from "using their young children for promotional purposes".

The court papers reveal a British court ruled three years ago the children should stay in the custody of their father. The British judge confirmed a similar French judgement on the same matter. Heather only got visitation rights. It is highly unusual for European courts to decide such young children would be better off with their father, and newspapers here come close to mention a drug addiction problem.

Noah told the newspaper Le Parisien that his ex-wife never used her visitation rights: "We have had no news of her for two years, and suddenly she's not happy with my conduct with our children".