Overview

• Nicolas Sarkozy, France's former president, has started serving a one-year house arrest sentence with an electronic ankle monitor after his corruption conviction was upheld in December 2024.
• He was found guilty of attempting to bribe a judge in 2014 in exchange for confidential information about an ongoing investigation, endangering judicial independence according to prosecutors.
• Sarkozy's three-year sentence includes two years suspended, making the one-year house arrest unprecedented for a former French head of state in modern history.
• The 70-year-old is also currently on trial for allegations of illegal campaign financing tied to funds from Libya's Gaddafi regime during his 2007 presidential campaign, which he denies.
• This marks Sarkozy's fifth legal case in five years, with potential penalties of up to ten years in prison if convicted in the ongoing Libyan financing case.