Lawyers for Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev claim Sotheby’s executives helped art broker Yves Bouvier defraud him out of tens of millions of dollars through sales of paintings by famed artists.
Sotheby’s defended itself at a trial Monday against accusations that it helped defraud a Russian oligarch out of tens of millions of dollars, saying it knew nothing of wrongdoing by an art buyer who advised the billionaire on buying works by famed artists like Amedeo Modigliani and Leonardo da Vinci.