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The marriage of British television chef Nigella Lawson and art tycoon Charles Saatchi was dominated by a "culture of secrecy" that hid her alleged drug taking, a court heard Wednesday. The claims emerged as a judge said that the trial of Italian sisters Francesca and Elisabetta Grillo, who are accused of fraud while working for the now-divorced celebrity couple, could go ahead. Lawyers for the sisters had argued that the case at Isleworth Crown Court in west London should be dropped because Lawson's alleged drug use damaged her credibility as a witness. "The defendants' case is that Nigella Lawson lied to her ex-husband about her drug use and about the expenditure that was incurred by the defendants, both expressly and implicitly, because she was fearful of Mr Saatchi's reaction if he knew about the extent of the expenditure and drug use," said Anthony Metzer, representing Elisabetta Grillo.
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