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Comedian Pierre Palmade was found guilty of the road accident of February 10, 2023.
JUSTICE – The sentence has fallen. The actor Pierre Palmade was found guilty of aggravated unintentional injury after the car accident he caused while driving under thedrug empire in February 2023. At the end of his trial which took place this Wednesday, November 20, he was sentenced to five years in prison, including two years with a deferred committal warrant.
The court thus followed the requisitions from the prosecution done earlier in the day. Being a repeat offender in this case due to a conviction in 2019 for drug use, the 56-year-old actor faced a sentence of fourteen years’ imprisonment and a fine of 200,000 euros.
“You will very soon be summoned by the Bordeaux prosecutor (where he now resides, Editor’s note) which will determine the date and the penal establishment in which you will serve two years of detention »explained the president of the court to Pierre Palmade. The court’s decision is accompanied by provisional execution, so any appeals are not suspensive. “We are satisfied”declared the lawyer for the civil parties, at the microphone of BFMTV.
Pierre Palmade “asks for forgiveness”
Speaking for the first time publicly during his trial, the artist affirmed on the stand that “the serious injuries of Mr. Y and the trauma of Mrs. C. (who lost her six-month-old fetus, Editor’s note)(put) him on the ground.” And to add : “I am truly overwhelmed, tested to see them in real life. »
He also spoke directly to the victims for their “ ask for forgiveness from the depths of your being”. “I understand their anger. A crazy drug addict crashed into them, it’s almost inexcusable”conceded the comedian, who became a showbiz pariah with this affair which revealed to the general public the dark side and decline of an artist stuck for years in his drug addiction, to the point of no longer being able to work.
On February 10, 2023, on a road in Seine-et-Marne, Pierre Palmade was driving a car which hit a vehicle coming in front. In addition to the actor, the accident left three seriously injured. A 38-year-old man, his 6-year-old son and his 27-year-old sister-in-law, who lost the baby she was expecting after the collision.
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