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European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch - 13 December | 111 comments (111 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

BBC News - Photographer to stand trial over L'Oreal heiress gifts

A French celebrity photographer is to stand trial over allegations he took hundreds of millions of euros from one of the world's richest women.
Francois-Marie Banier is accused of exploiting the mental fragility of 87-year-old Liliane Bettencourt, heiress to the L'Oreal cosmetics fortune.
He denies the charges. A French court has set the trial for April next year.
Last week Mrs Bettencourt's daughter asked that she be placed under court authority.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Sat Dec 12th, 2009 at 01:32:25 PM EST
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Re: People and Klatsch (4.00 / 2)

It's rather interesting to call an 87-year old woman an heiress... You never here of Dassault or even Lagardère being called heirs. Good old fashioned misogynism.

Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères

by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Sat Dec 12th, 2009 at 11:09:20 PM EST
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Re: People and Klatsch (none / 1)

Well, I would argue that it's the not calling them heirs that's wrong. In all three cases, we are talking about inherited wealth (and lobbying for low inheritance taxes of course).

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed. Gandhi

by Cyrille (cyrillev domain yahoo.fr) on Sun Dec 13th, 2009 at 05:31:46 AM EST
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