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Examples
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Ms. Bettencourt has rejected any claims of coercion by Mr. Banier, saying she chose to give him Picasso and Matisse masterpieces and valuable life-insurance policies.
L'Or Christina Passariello 2010
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In 2007, Fran ç oise Bettencourt-Meyers filed a lawsuit against her mother's friend, society photographer Fran ç ois-Marie Banier, who she accuses of exploiting her mother's mental weakness to obtain nearly € 1 billion ($1.4 billion) in gifts.
L'Or Christina Passariello 2010
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In that complaint, Ms. Meyers alleged that the photographer, François-Marie Banier, profited from Ms. Bettencourt's frail mental state to extract €1 billion of paintings, life-insurance policies and cash from the heiress.
Heiress Loses L'Oréal Family Fight Christina Passariello 2011
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Mr. Banier, who gave back a large part of the gift but kept about €200 million, has denied profiting from Ms. Bettencourt's weakness.
Heiress Loses L'Oréal Family Fight Christina Passariello 2011
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At the time, Ms. Bettencourt said her daughter should mind her own business; the photographer, François-Marie Banier, said he had been a loyal friend of Ms. Bettencourt and denied having taken advantage of her age or weakness.
Medical Report on L'Oréal Heiress Prompts French Investigation David Gauthier-Villars 2011
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Banier insists he did not take advantage of his older friend.
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Ms. Bettencourt's only child, Fran oise Bettencourt-Meyers, filed the lawsuit three years ago against her 87-year old mother's photographer friend, Fran ois-Marie Banier.
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Fran ois-Marie Banier at the Nanterre courthouse on Thursday.
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Arguments broke out over whether secret tapes made of Bettencourt's private conversations with Banier, her financial adviser and her lawyer, made by a former butler, should be allowed as evidence.
L'Oreal trial grips France as lawyers row and defendant sketches courtroom Kim Willsher in Nanterre 2010
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The first salvo in the war of words was fired by a third lawyer, Hervé Temime, for Banier, who called for the trial to be postponed and decried the use of "offensive methods" by Meyers-Bettencourt's side.
L'Oreal trial grips France as lawyers row and defendant sketches courtroom Kim Willsher in Nanterre 2010
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