The French judiciary has charged Carla Bruni Sarkozy, the wife of former president Nicolas Sarkozy, following a two-hour questioning session on Tuesday. The charges are related to the alleged Libyan financing of her husband's 2007 election campaign.
According to a judicial source, Carla Bruni Sarkozy, 57, has been placed under judicial supervision. The source, who requested anonymity, reported that the singer and former model appeared before two financial investigating judges who interrogated her for two hours before deciding to charge her with several offenses, including concealing evidence and being an accomplice in a criminal organization for the purpose of committing fraud.
The judges have also ordered her to remain under judicial supervision and prohibited her from contacting any defendants in the case, except for her husband. Carla is notably accused of attempting to conceal the manipulation of key witness Ziad Takieddine, who suddenly retracted his accusations against her husband, as well as trying to deceive the judges overseeing the investigation into the alleged Libyan funding of the former president's campaign.
However, she was not charged with "being an accomplice to a criminal organization for the purpose of bribing foreign judicial officials in Lebanon," but was instead considered a "witness needing assistance," a status that lies between that of a witness and a defendant. Previously, investigators from the Central Office for the Fight Against Corruption and Financial and Tax Crimes had questioned Carla Bruni Sarkozy twice: first as a witness in 2023 and then as a suspect in early May.
