Saatchi assistant could buy ‘anything I wanted’
Francesca Grillo, 35, said she was handed a bank card upon being employed by art dealer Saatchi more than a decade ago, with instructions to withdraw her £300 (€355) a week wages and to buy what she, Saatchi, Lawson, or her children needed.
Grillo — who, along with older sister Elisabetta, denies fraud — told Isleworth Crown Court in west London that the card was used to furnish her accommodation in the annex of Saatchi’s house, as well as pay for essentials such as groceries.
