France ex-president Sarkozy to be investigated for campaign funds fraud

[JURIST] A French appeals court ruled Tuesday that an investigation may proceed into allegations that former president Nicolas Sarkozy [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] exploited aging L'Oreal [corporate website] heiress Liliane Bettencourt [Forbes profile] into donating election campaign funds. A panel of judges for the Court of Appeals of Bordeaux denied a motion brought by Sarkozy's lawyers to dismiss key medical testimony that determined Bettencourt has been suffering from dementia since 2006, before Sarkozy allegedly sought funds for his 2007...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2013/09/france-ex-president-sarkozy-to-be-investigated-for-campaign-funds-fraud.php

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