Sarkozy Faces Court Over Allegations He Accepted Illegal Cash From Wealthy L'Oreal [sic] Heiress

MAIL ONLINE: Sarkozy will be grilled about his highly suspicious relationship with l’Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt / The 57-year-old is said to have personally accepted brown envelopes full of cash from the multi-millionaire’s family / It is alleged they were paid to help fund Mr Sarkozy’s 2007 election campaign in return for massive tax breaks when he came to office

Nicolas Sarkozy will this week appear before a judge to answer allegations that he accepted illegal cash from France’s richest woman, it emerged today.

In a humiliating process which could end with the former president being jailed, Mr Sarkozy has been summoned to a court in Bordeaux.

There he will be grilled by Judge Jean-Michel Gentil about his highly suspicious relationship with l’Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt.

Mr Sarkozy, 57, is said to have personally accepted brown envelopes full of cash from the multi-millionaire’s family.

They were paid to help fund Mr Sarkozy’s 2007 election campaign, in return for massive tax breaks when he came to office, it is alleged.

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