Firm
France: Carla Bruni, spouse of former President Nicolas Sarkozy, caught up by justice
Printed on Wednesday, July 10, 2024 at 09:29 | Estimated studying time: 3 min. French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his spouse Carla Bruni-Sarkozy arrive for a gathering in New York, a couple of years in the past.AFP
She is being indicted for receiving stolen property by suborning a witness and taking part in a felony affiliation with a view to committing the offence of fraud in courtroom as a part of an organised gang. Carla Bruni is subsequently positioned below judicial supervision with a ban on contacting any of the protagonists on this process, except Mr Nicolas Sarkozy… After a day of hearings on 9 July, that is what the choose advised Carla Bruni. The mannequin, singer and, since 2008, spouse of the previous President of the Republic (2007-2012) is the tenth individual indicted in a case dubbed “saving Sarko” by each the courts and the French press.
Carla Bruni, 56, had already been summoned as a witness by the French courts in June 2023, then final Could on this case of suspected financing (50 million euros) by Libya of Colonel Gaddafi of Nicolas Sarkozy’s marketing campaign for the 2007 presidential election. A businessman, Ziad Takieddine, had leaked the data, which led the courts to open an investigation. In 2016, he was indicted for complicity in affect peddling and corruption of a public official by a overseas public authority.
I feel Mimi Marchand used my husband’s identify and mine on this case to realize leverage together with her cronies. She may be very manipulative.
However the identical Takieddine went again on his statements and immediately exonerated Nicolas Sarkozy in an interview with “Paris Match” and BFM TV. This sudden turnaround triggered the opening of a judicial investigation in Could 2021. And that is the place the identify of Carla Bruni seems within the file… As a result of the investigators discovered that the spouse of the previous President of the Republic can be linked to an individual indicted on this case.
In relation to the “popess of the movie star press”
The mentioned individual is well-known in Paris, each by journalists and law enforcement officials, “celebrities” and even the Macron couple. Nicknamed “Mimi” or “popess of the movie star press”, introduced as a communicator and businesswoman, Michèle Marchand, 77, is on the head of a press company that gives newspapers with data and images. She was the one who arrange and offered Ziad Takkiedine’s retraction interview to “Paris Match” (directed on the time by a journalist near Nicolas Sarkozy) and BFM TV. Formally, Carla Bruni referred to as on “Mimi” for the launch and promotion of her album of songs. However justice suspects the spouse of the previous President of the Republic of getting been the transmission belt between “Mimi” and her husband. The justice system is basing its case on his previous conversations on a phone within the identify of “Alexandre”, the primary identify of his IT specialist (Nicolas Sarkozy, for his half, had a “hidden” phone within the identify of Paul Bismuth!).
Thus, investigators found phone conversations constituted of “Alexandre’s” telephone. For instance, this dialog on October 22, 2020 when Michèle Marchand had simply arrived in Beirut for the interview with Ziad Takkiedine: “ Is all the pieces okay, my Mimi? ” Or one other trade, nonetheless with the communicator. To the investigators, Carla Bruni will guarantee: ” I’ve by no means used this quantity “, claims to not be the holder of this quantity and means that it might have been utilized by her son or her pc engineer. Throughout one other listening to, it was the identical Carla Bruni who, when requested by investigators if her pc engineer knew the variety of this phone, replied: ” I don’t suppose so »…
Procedural continuation of the case
After the announcement of his consumer’s indictment, lawyer Paul Mallet mentioned: ” The The indictment of Mrs Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, in the identical phrases as that regarding her husband, is simply the procedural continuation ».
The The indictment of Mrs Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, in the identical phrases as that regarding her husband, is simply the procedural continuation.
Throughout her listening to on July 9, Carla Bruni wished, as soon as once more, to exonerate her husband and accused her “buddy”, the communicator Michèle Marchand: “ I feel Mimi Marchand used my husband’s identify and mine on this case to realize leverage together with her cronies. She may be very manipulative. ».
The “save Sarko” operation with the retraction of Ziad Takieddine and the cost of Carla Bruni in opposition to Michèle Marchand doesn’t change something within the case: the trial of Nicolas Sarkozy for the alleged financing of his 2007 electoral marketing campaign stays scheduled between January 6 and April 10, 2025…
Serge Bressan (correspondent in Paris)
Your feedback
Obtain our app
Extra society articles
