Bettencourt Speaks on Scandal

The story of Liliane Bettencourt, the L’Oréal heiress and the world’s richest woman, seemed at first France’s version of the Astor scandal, but it may in fact be even better: Bettencourt said yesterday that she would never see her daughter again after her daughter filed a lawsuit alleging that the photographer François-Marie Banier exploited Bettencourt’s frail health to the tune of more than $1 billion. In an interview with Le Journal du Dimanche. Bettencourt said “I find this whole affair completely idiotic. It's a waste of energy. It is very disagreeable and distressing.” She went onto say that “I don't see my daughter any more and I don't want to see her,” but added that her daughter will still inherit her wealth.