Overview

• He is scheduled to appear at the National Financial Prosecutor’s Office in Paris at 2 p.m. on October 13 to be notified of when and where he will be jailed, with reporting indicating the start could come very quickly.
• Under French law prosecutors may set the report-to-prison date within four months, making February 13, 2026 the latest possible deadline.
• Prison authorities have prepared Île-de-France options with Paris’s La Santé seen as the leading site, where he would be held in the vulnerable-persons unit under strict protection, alone in a cell with monitored phone access and controlled movements.
• Upon entry to custody his legal team is expected to file an immediate request for release while the appeal continues.
• Mediapart reported he hosted an October 8 send-off gathering attended by about 100 guests, including Elysée secretary-general Emmanuel Moulin.