Former president Sarkozy to begin serving five-year prison sentence Oct 21, French media reports

Former president Sarkozy to begin serving five-year prison sentence Oct 21, French media reports

• Oct 13, 2025, 4:16 PM

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French prosecutors on Monday told former French president Nicolas Sarkozy that he must report to a Paris prison on October 21 to begin serving a five-year sentence for illegally accepting funds from late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to fund his 2007 presidential run.

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