Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Judge goes after Sarkozy over alleged elder abuse


PARIS -- Allies of former President Nicolas Sarkozy expressed shock and “incomprehension”yesterday after he was informed on Thursday that he would face a formal investigation into whether he abused the frailty of Liliane Bettencourt, 90, the heiress to the L’Oreal fortune and France’s richest woman, to get funds for his 2007 presidential campaign.

Sarkozy has denied accepting illegal campaign money from Bettencourt, either personally or through his party treasurer at the time, Eric Woerth, as alleged by Bettencourt’s former butler.

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Judge goes after Sarkozy over alleged elder abuse

2 comments:

Thelma said...

For shame, Mr. Sarkozy!

Finny said...

For shame is right Thelma. It seems the exceptionally wealthy are targeted by everyone.