'I saw Nigella with white powder on her nose, but she claimed it was make-up': Former PA tells court she found substance in chef's bag
Francesca Grillo also told the court that Mr Saatchi had a "personal vendetta" against her and her sister Elisabetta

A former personal assistant of the television chef and 'Domestic Goddess' author Nigella Lawson "frequently" found rolled-up banknotes with white powder on them in her handbag, she told a court today.
The TV cook would also swig straight from a bottle of liquid tranquilliser, Francesca Grillo said.
Ms Grillo, one of two former personal assistants accused of defrauding Ms Lawson, said she had seen her employer with white powder up her nose and repeatedly found banknotes with white powder on them when moving her things from one handbag to another.
She also said her employer had prescription drugs for depression and that she kept one bottle in the kitchen and would take it straight from the bottle āvery oftenā.
The alleged drug-taking turned Ms Lawson from being kind and warm-hearted to āgrumpy, moody and blaming the childrenā, the jury heard.
Ms Grillo also said that Charles Saatchi had a āpersonal vendettaā against her and her sister. āHe was banging on the table... he said I would end up in handcuffs.ā She said the situation became āquite scaryā as Mr Saatchi told her: āHide anywhere in Italy but I will find you and destroy you.ā She added: āThe more he got upset, the more I got frightened. You donāt cross Charles Saatchi.ā
Ms Grillo was giving evidence for a second day at Isleworth Crown Court. She and her sister Elisabetta, known as Lisa, have pleaded not guilty to defrauding Ms Lawson and her then husband Charles Saatchi. The sisters allegedly used his company credit cards on holidays and clothing between 2008 and last year.
Ms Grillo, 35, told the court on Tuesday that she ordered āfat-burning tabletsā and paid for them with Mr Saatchiās credit card in 2009. āI donāt think they were for me,ā she said. She said she had never seen Ms Lawson take drugs but saw plenty of evidence.
Ms Grillo said she used to visit Lisa, 41, at Ms Lawsonās home in Shepherdās Bush and saw rolled-up banknotes and white powder in the kitchen after dinner parties. When both sisters worked for Ms Lawson after her marriage to Mr Saatchi and moved to Belgravia, Ms Grillo said she found white powder in Ms Lawsonās handbags.
Ms Lawson has admitted to taking cocaine and cannabis but denied being an addict. She said she took cannabis in the last year of her marriage to make āthe intolerable tolerableā. The case continues.