21.10.2025 11:50
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been sentenced to 5 years in prison in the Libya case and has entered prison. Sarkozy, who will serve his sentence in the same prison as Carlos the Jackal, has been placed in a single cell. Meanwhile, his wife Carla Bruni shared old and new photos of them together on her social media account, accompanied by an emotional poem.
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who was sentenced to 5 years in prison in the Libya case where he was tried for 4 separate crimes including corruption, entered prison today. Sarkozy will serve his sentence alongside figures like Carlos the Jackal and Bernard Tapie.
Due to security reasons, Sarkozy was placed in a single-person cell and stated that he made no requests regarding the conditions of his imprisonment.
FAREWELL MESSAGE FROM HIS WIFE
Sarkozy's musician and actress wife Carla Bruni shared emotional poems on her social media account along with old and new photos of them together.
In her post featuring old and new photos with her husband, Bruni wrote, "How will those who are separated manage? When will their days be numbered? How will they sleep? Will their sighs go unaddressed? How will those who are separated manage? Against the bite of absence? Against distress and silence... Who is tearing them apart like paper?"
On the other hand, before entering La Santé Prison as part of the corruption and illegal financing case against him, Sarkozy made a written statement. He described the case, which has been ongoing for over 10 years, as a "judicial scandal" and emphasized his innocence.
SARKOZY: "THIS IS A JUDICIAL SCANDAL"
In his statement, Sarkozy said, "I will continue to expose this judicial scandal that I have been subjected to for over a decade. This is a case conducted without a single illegal financing. It is a judicial process based on a document that has been proven to be false."
"MY IMPRISONMENT IS A SHAME FOR FRANCE"
Sarkozy, who stated that he did not request any privileges or pardons, said he received support from his wife, children, and friends. In his statement, he concluded with, "This morning, I feel deep sorrow on behalf of France. My country is being humiliated by an expression of a desire for revenge that has reached unprecedented levels of hatred. But I have no doubt, the truth will prevail sooner or later."
WHAT HAPPENED?
The Paris Criminal Court had delivered its verdict on September 25 regarding Sarkozy in the Libya case, where he was tried for "concealing the embezzlement of public funds, passive corruption, illegal campaign financing, and forming a criminal organization for the purpose of committing a crime."
The court ruled that Sarkozy did not commit the crimes of passive corruption, concealing the embezzlement of public funds, and illegal campaign financing, but sentenced the former president to 5 years in prison for forming a criminal organization.
Although Sarkozy appealed the decision, it was confirmed that he had to enter prison before the appeal process concluded due to the nature of the court's ruling.
It was alleged that Sarkozy, who served as President of France from 2007 to 2012, received illegal financial support from then-Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to conduct his presidential election campaign in 2007.
Following the allegations, an investigation was launched in 2013, and the judicial process, known to the public as the "Libya case," began.