US EditionFrance’s jailed ex-president Sarkozy targeted by death threats, prosecutor office says
- On Tuesday, October 20, 2025, France's Interior Ministry ordered two police officers from the VIP Protection Service to occupy the cell beside former President Nicolas Sarkozy round-the-clock after threats at La Santé prison, Paris.
- Former President Nicolas Sarkozy was jailed after convictions over conspiring to accept laundered cash linked to Muammar Gaddafi, and he faces additional bribery inquiries while associates face separate charges.
- Most of his time will be alone in a 29-foot-square cell with shower, landline, and a TV costing �13 a month, while lawyers said his first night was `frightening`.
- Éric Ciotti, president of The Republicans party, said ensuring a former president's security is legitimate given the threats he faces, while Jean-Michel Darrois and Christophe Ingrain called the incarceration a terrible ordeal for Sarkozy's family.
- La Santé's history of holding notorious inmates highlights that Nicolas Sarkozy, former President of France, is the first head of state jailed since Marshal Philippe Pétain, while online videos referenced Ziad Takieddine.
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Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has received death threats from another inmate at Paris' La Sante prison, where he began serving his sentence this week, the Paris public prosecutor's office said on Wednesday, adding that an investigation has been opened.
Nicolas Sarkozy has been incarcerated since Tuesday at the Health Prison in Paris. Stéphane Ori's family and supporters, who have been detained at the institution for 19 months, regret a "preferential treatment" towards the former president. Talks, activities... his relatives still feel that there is a hardening vis-à-vis Corsica.
Nicolas Sarkozy faces death threats from inmate after starting prison sentence
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has received death threats from an inmate at Paris’s La Sante prison, triggering an official investigation. The threats emerged in a video shared on social media shortly after Sarkozy began serving his five-year sentence for illegal campaign financing.
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