Overview
- Escorted from his Paris home on Tuesday morning, the former president was officially registered at La Santé and placed alone in the isolation wing for security, the prison administration confirmed.
- His lawyers submitted an urgent release request to the appellate chamber, which has up to two months to rule but is expected to move faster given scheduling.
- Roughly a hundred supporters gathered outside his residence at his family’s call, and he arrived at the prison shortly before 10 a.m., reaffirming his innocence in a message on X.
- President Emmanuel Macron met Sarkozy on October 17, and Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin says he will visit the detainee to check safety conditions, a plan criticized by magistrates’ unions.
- Convicted on September 25 and sentenced to five years for association de malfaiteurs in the 2007 Libya financing case, Sarkozy has appealed; continued detention on appeal can only be justified as the unique means to prevent flight, interference, recidivism, contact with accomplices, or to ensure his safety.