Sarkozy avoids ankle tag for 2012 campaign overspend
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy will not serve a sentence with an electronic ankle tag for illegal funding of his 2012 re-election bid, according to an informed source. The 71-year-old has faced multiple legal cases since leaving office in 2012, all of which he denies. In the "Bygmalion" case, France's top court upheld a six-month term for overspending with PR firm Bygmalion and attempting a cover-up. Last year, Sarkozy became modern France's first ex-president to be jailed, serving 20 days in a case involving alleged Libyan funding for his 2007 campaign; his appeal in that case continues. He has two definitive convictions overall.
Key facts
- Sarkozy will not serve time with an electronic ankle tag for illegal funding of his 2012 re-election bid.
- The decision was reported by an informed source on Wednesday.
- Sarkozy, 71, has denied all allegations in all cases since leaving office.
- Last year he served 20 days in jail, the first modern French president to do so, related to alleged Libyan funding.
- His appeal trial in the Libyan funding case is ongoing.
- France's top court upheld a six-month term in the 'Bygmalion' case for overspending on the 2012 campaign.
- The Bygmalion case involved a PR firm and a cover-up attempt.
- Sarkozy has two definitive convictions in other cases.
Entities
Institutions
- Bygmalion
Locations
- France
- Paris