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Nicolas Sarkozy Jailed at Paris’s La Santé Prison After Libyan-Funding Conviction

A court will now consider his release request within a statutory two-month window.

FILE- Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy leaves after a Paris court sentenced him to 5 years after finding him guilty of criminal conspiracy in an alleged scheme to finance his 2007 campaign with funds from Libya, Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)
L’ancien président français Nicolas Sarkozy (au centre) serre son épouse Carla Bruni-Sarkozy dans ses bras alors qu’il quitte son domicile pour se présenter à la prison de La Santé où il purgera une peine de cinq ans de prison, mardi 21 octobre 2025.
Nicolas Sarkozy aux côtés de Gerald Darmanin, alors ministre de l’intérieur, à l’occasion de la cérémonie de commémoration du centenaire de la Grande Mosquée de Paris, le 19 octobre 2022.
Emmanuel Macron a reçu Nicolas Sarkozy à l'Élysée avant son incarcération.

Overview

  • The 70-year-old former president was placed in the prison’s isolation unit and will be alone in his cell with solo yard time, according to the prisons chief.
  • His lawyers filed for release immediately after he was taken into custody, and judges are expected to rule within two months, potentially sooner.
  • The September 25 judgment imposed five years in prison with immediate enforcement, meaning detention began despite his appeal.
  • Emmanuel Macron met Sarkozy on October 17, and Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin says he will visit him in prison, a plan criticized by the prosecutor general and magistrates’ representatives.
  • Backed by a family-organized rally near his home, Sarkozy reiterated his innocence as he departed, in a first for a former French or EU head of state being jailed.