The photographer and the millionairess | M6 | 66 minutes

At the beginning of July a trial is taking place that will have all of chic Paris agog. François-Marie Banier, a society photographer, will appear before the court charged with fraud against the richest woman in France, Liliane Bettencourt. This artist, a famous figure among the Parisian jet set, is accused of having taken advantage of the frailty of the 87 year-old heir to L’Oreal in order to extract nearly one billion Euros from her. The old lady maintains, on the contrary, that she made the gifts in full possession of her faculties. However, her daughter filed a suit. She suspects François-Marie Banier of having manipulated her mother. « 66 minutes » has carried out an investigation and, in particular, has gathered confidential testimony from the millionairess’ personal chef, the discrete witness to the conversations between the dandy and the heiress.