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Bruni-Sarkozy charged with witness tampering in cash for husband's campaign case

Carla Bruni-Sarkozy (right) has been charged with witness tampering in a case involving alleged payments from the Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi to fund the presidential election campaign of her husband Nicolas Sarkozy (left). © Arnaud Finistre / AFP

France's former first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy has been charged for involvement in alleged efforts to pressure a witness who accused ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy of receiving illegal campaign financing from Libya.

Bruni-Sarkozy, 56, a former supermodel turned singer, was placed under judicial supervision which included a ban on contact with all those involved in the proceedings with the exception of her husband, said a source with knowledge of the investigation.

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