Riddled with debts since the death of her husband, Dominique Tapie was about to find herself on the street, until one of her friends, who happens to be a former minister, came to her aid.
Following his death in October 2021, Bernard Tapie ceded to his wife and children, an estate estimated at 300 million euros. Only, according to information reported by the magazine Paris Match on February 10, 2022, the former president of Olympique de Marseille would also have left behind him nearly 600 million in debt to his family.
Revelations that did not please Sophie Tapie. The latter attacked Sophie des Déserts, the journalist who wrote the article via a violent statement on her Instagram account.
In this same article from Paris Match, the journalist continues by specifying that Dominique Tapie would be forced to leave the former family home, the luxurious private mansion at 52 rue des Saints-Pères, which now belongs to François Pinault. A painful move for Dominique Tapie who still benefited from the support of one of her late husband’s friends.
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“You don’t let down a friend’s wife”
Seizure of almost all his property, Dominique Tapie was able to find comfort thanks to Jean-Louis Borloo, former Minister of the Economy under Nicolas Sarkozy. Invited on France 5 for the program C à Vous, Sophie des Deserts underlined the loyalty of the former minister. “I think we would all like to have a friend like Jean-Louis Borloo”.
Close to the Tapie clan for more than 40 years, it was he who would have found Dominique Tapie’s next apartment and who would have taken all the necessary steps to ensure that she moved there as soon as possible. “We do not let down the wife of a friend” would have said Jean-Louis Borloo.
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