Leaked photos of French president Hollande spark staff shake-up November 30, 2014 - 3:05AM French President Francois /Hollande Five staff workers in the private offices of French President Francois Hollande are to be reassigned after private photos of the leader and his girlfriend were published. The photos of Hollande with Julie Gayet were apparently taken with a mobile phone, according to radio broadcaster France Info. Hollande launched an investigation and police believe the photos were taken by a member of the president's personal staff from within his private apartment. Multiple employees will be reassigned in the affair because it has, so far, been impossible to tell who took and distributed the shots. Tabloid magazine Voici published photos three weeks ago showing Hollande and Gayet on a terrace in a courtyard of the Elysee. They are the first photos released of the couple. Hollande's relationship with Gayet became public knowledge in January.