Paris, France (CNN) -- French police are raiding the Paris home of L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt, a local prosecutor told CNN on Wednesday.
Investigators have been looking into Bettencourt's finances for weeks after allegations of secret -- possibly illegal -- payments to French politicians, including President Nicolas Sarkozy.
The lawyer for Bettencourt, reported to be France's richest woman, asked the court last month to stop the retrieval of additional information on his client.
A decision on his request is due in two weeks.
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