US EditionFormer French President Nicolas Sarkozy to be released from prison pending appeal
- On Monday, a Paris appeals court decided to release Nicolas Sarkozy, former French President, from La Santé prison and place him under judicial supervision after reviewing his request.
- Convicted in September, Nicolas Sarkozy, former French President, began serving a five-year sentence on Oct. 21, jailed less than three weeks before his appeal hearing.
- The court discussed conditions including possible electronic tag, bail and regular check‑ins, and imposed a ban on leaving French territory.
- If granted, Sarkozy could leave La Santé prison within hours but remains subject to an appeal trial next year and an investigation into accessory to witness tampering.
- Sarkozy denies wrongdoing and said he never asked Moammar Gadhafi for financing; he spoke from La Santé by video, faced death threats from inmates who vowed to `avenge Gaddafi`, and his wife Carla Bruni‑Sarkozy and two sons attended the hearing.
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Former France president Sarkozy granted conditional release after 20 days in jail
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was released from prison after only 20 days, following a court judgment pending an appeal. He was seen returning to his Paris home on Monday. “Truth will prevail. This is a fact that life teaches us,” he wrote on X after returning home. He has consistently denied any wrongdoing and suggested that the allegations of campaign financing were retaliation for his call, as France’s president, for Gaddafi’s remov…
France's ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy was released from prison after about three weeks of imprisonment under conditions.
France's Sarkozy back home after court frees him pending appeal
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was freed from jail and went home on Monday (November 10), after a Paris court ruled he could be released while he appeals against his conviction for conspiring to raise funds from Libya.
Interview with the French politologist after the release of the former president. "The populists attack the magistrates calling them politicized: but today the pm are a counterpower"
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