Sarkozy's ex-wife remarries in New York

March 24, 2008

Nicolas Sarkozy's ex-wife married her Moroccan-born lover at New York's glitzy Rainbow Room on Sunday, just over a month after the French president wed former model and singer Carla Bruni. According to a program of the celebrations seen by AFP, Sarkozy's ex-wife, who goes by the name Cecilia Ciganer-Albeniz, married Richard Attias, a multi-millionaire events organizer, at a black tie ceremony at 7 pm (2300 GMT). Around 150 guests, many of whom flew in from Europe for the nuptials, were to celebrate with the couple at the 65th-floor Rainbow Room, one of the best-known private venues in New York.