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dalton99a

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Tue Oct 21, 2025, 02:00 PM Tuesday

Former French President Sarkozy begins 5-year prison sentence in solitary confinement [View all]

https://apnews.com/article/nicolas-sarkozy-prison-france-libya-elysee-sante-3f8ecf08fd10e5c3812c9e48b2f01d7b

Former French President Sarkozy begins a 5-year prison sentence for campaign finance conspiracy
By SYLVIE CORBET and MASHA MACPHERSON
Updated 6:32 AM CDT, October 21, 2025

PARIS (AP) — Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy entered a prison in Paris on Tuesday to begin serving a 5-year sentence for a criminal conspiracy to finance his 2007 election campaign with funds from Libya — a historic moment that makes him the first ex-leader of modern France to be imprisoned.

Sarkozy, 70, was greeted by hundreds of supporters when he walked out of his Paris home earlier in the day hand-in-hand with his wife, supermodel-turned-singer Carla Bruni-Sarkozy. He embraced her before getting into a police car.

Minutes later, the vehicle passed through the gates of the notorious La Santé prison — where Sarkozy will now serve his sentence in solitary confinement.

Sarkozy was convicted last month for criminal conspiracy in a scheme to finance his 2007 election campaign with funds from Libya.

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