Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, the wife of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, has been questioned as a suspect in a witness-tampering case against her husband, according to local media reports Thursday. The 56-year-old supermodel was questioned as a witness in the case last year but is now considered a suspect, according to Le Monde. The witness tampering case is linked to allegations that her husband accepted money from Muammar Gaddafi, the late Libyan autocrat, to help finance an election campaign. Michèle Marchand—an influential figure in the French media dubbed the “paparazzi queen”—was charged with witness tampering in 2021. According to Le Monde, an investigation found that Bruni-Sarkozy deleted all messages she’d exchanged with Marchand on the day that Marchand was charged.

Source: Libya Today May 03, 2024 22:31 UTC