Overview
- The former French president entered custody on October 21 to serve a five-year sentence tied to corruption, abuse of power, and illegal campaign financing linked to alleged Libyan funding.
- He was additionally fined €100,000, faces a five-year ban from holding public office, and temporarily loses certain civic rights.
- Sarkozy proclaimed his innocence on X, calling the imprisonment a judicial scandal and asserting that the truth will prevail.
- The decision to jail him before appeals are concluded drew criticism, and his legal team described the incarceration as a shame.
- Photos showed an emotional farewell outside his Paris home, with wife Carla Bruni present and 14-year-old daughter Giulia comforted by half-brother Jean, as coverage also noted a prior 2024 conviction involving an electronic ankle monitor.