London, Jan 9 (ANI): French first lady Carla Bruni has been accused of giving more than 2 million dollars from an AIDS charity to one of her closest friends.
The money has reportedly come from Switzerland-based Global Fund, a charity set up ten years ago to fight killer diseases in developing nations, the Daily Mail reported.
Bruni is an ambassador for the charity and leads the Born HIV Free campaign, launched in 2010 to raise funds to guard mothers and children from AIDS.
On Friday French political magazine Marianne claimed the 44-year-old wife of French president Nicolas Sarkozy gave the whopping amount to companies owned by Julien Civange, a 43-year-old music entrepreneur, including nearly 500,000 pounds paid directly to Civange and his four colleagues for publicising the charity.
It is alleged that the money, which actually went towards the cause was minimal.
Although Bruni admitted paying money to Civange to promote her work, but denied it came from public funds. (ANI)
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