Rwandan-born French actress Sonia Rolland has been placed under formal investigation in France following her indictment in a probe into the huge fortune of the late Gabonese President Omar Bongo, which prosecutors allege includes ill-gotten assets
Rolland was the first African-born winner of the Miss France pageant in 2000, when she was age 22. In 2003, the beauty queen received an apartment in Paris as a gift from Bongo, with the real estate valued at about €800,000 , according to the French newspaper Le Parisien.The French National Prosecutor for Financial Crimes confirmed to CNN on Thursday that Rolland has been put under formal investigation on charges of"concealment and embezzlement of public funds.
" Morel also stated that Rolland had"no doubt that she will be cleared at the end of the investigation." Gabon says 'situation under control' after apparent coup attemptThe Bongo family has ruled Gabon for more than five decades.Omar Bongo died of cardiac arrest while being treated for intestinal cancer in 2009. He ruled the Central African country for 42 years, having become president in 1967, seven years after Gabon gained independence from France.
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