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Bettencourt affair: Sarkozy 'secret cash' case dropped

Former president will not stand trial on allegations - which he denied - that he abused frailty of L'Oréal heiress to get election campaign funds.

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A criminal investigation into former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, for allegedly soliciting secret campaign financing from France's richest woman. has been dropped, French media say, reports the BBC.

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