A French court on Friday ordered a photographer accused of bilking France's richest woman out of cash and art worth euro1 billion ($1.5 billion) to stand trial for exploitation. Francoise Bettencourt Meyers has waged a two-year legal campaign against the man she accuses of taking advantage of Liliane Bettencourt, her 87-year-old mother and the heiress to the French ...

A French family drama worthy of a soap opera landed in court Friday, as the daughter of France's richest woman questioned whether her mother has lost her mind and frittered away a fortune on a man known for befriending high-society celebrities ...

A French photographer defended himself Wednesday against accusations of being a gold digger after he received nearly one billion euros in gifts from France's richest woman, Liliane Bettencourt. Bettencourt's daughter last week filed suit in court, arguing that her mother, the elderly heiress to the L'Oreal cosmetics fortune, is mentally incompetent and her affairs should be placed ...