This referral does not, however, prevent the execution of the sanctions imposed.
In this case, Nicolas Sarkozy was convicted at first instance on March 1, 2021, then on appeal on May 17, 2023.
The former tenant of the Elysée was found guilty of having entered into a “corruption pact” with Gilbert Azibert, senior magistrate at the Court of Cassation, in 2014, alongside his historic lawyer Thierry Herzog, so that he transmits information and tries to influence an appeal filed by Nicolas Sarkozy in the Bettencourt affair.
And this, in exchange for a promised “help” for an honorary position in Monaco.
The three men were given the same sentence, with the lawyer banned from wearing black robes for three years. Their appeals were also rejected and these sentences are therefore final.
This decision comes less than three weeks before the opening, on January 6, of the trial into suspicions of Libyan financing of the 2007 presidential campaign, where Nicolas Sarkozy must appear for four months.
“I am not decided to accept the profound injustice” of the decision, says Sarkozy
Former President Nicolas Sarkozy, definitively sentenced on Wednesday to a year under an electronic bracelet, said he was not “decided to accept the profound injustice” of the decision, affirming that “the truth will ultimately triumph”.
“I am not decided to accept the profound injustice done to me,” wrote on “remain in his rights” and claiming to want to “reaffirm (his) perfect innocence”. “I will assume my responsibilities and face all its consequences,” said the former president.
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