She was rarely seen
in public since leaving the L’Oreal board in 2012, but her name remained in the
headlines as members of her entourage were charged with exploiting her failing
mental health.
Bettencourt had
been declared unfit to run her own affairs in 2011 after a medical report
showing she had suffered from “mixed dementia” and “moderately severe”
Alzheimer’s disease since 2006. The complex legal case involved a bitter feud
with her only daughter and unscrupulous friends, and even dragged in former
president Nicolas Sarkozy.
Patrice de Maistre,
who managed Bettencourt’s vast fortune, was accused of getting her to hand over
envelopes of cash to members of Sarkozy’s right-wing UMP party during his 2007
presidential campaign. The charges against Sarkozy were dropped in October 2013
due to lack of evidence.
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