A French court Tuesday sentenced a Lebanese businessman in absentia to eight years in prison over a high-end prostitution ring operating at the Cannes Film Festival that had ties to a slain son of Moamer Kadhafi. The judge also slapped a 50,000 euro ($64,000) fine on Elie Nahas, a Lebanese…
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