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April 17, 2023

The Family Files: Inside France's ugliest startup fight

A chateau, a playmate and missing SpaceX shares are part of the drama revealed by court documents in the €4.5m legal fight over the influential community


Chris O’Brien

15 min read

Photo: Lexie Yu

Just a few kilometres south of where the Seine spills into the English Channel sits a luxury hotel on 12 acres of Normandy countryside called Domaine d’Ablon.

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Alice Zagury, cofounder of The Family
Alice Zagury, cofounder of The Family
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