If questioning friendship isn't enough, Sade has also had other problems to deal with.

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As a make-up artist, Mr Swords King has brought King Kong and the Marquis de Sade to life on screen.

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In the lower-right corner, and executed with a far more circumspect touch, a likely portrait of the Marquis de Sade underscores the disturbing import of the apparition above.

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Cycle seats bear the design hallmarks of Marquis de Sade.

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Osayemi Oludamola was stripped of her 100m gold medal, Sade Abugan lost two silver medals and Samuel Okon, who was sixth in the men's 110m hurdles, also tested positive.

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"You have to know the family, " Sade says.

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That's when Sade discovered the truth.

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