Imprisoned for 128 days, Pierre Palmade learned his upcoming release this Tuesday, April 15. He will carry out the rest of his sentence under electronic bracelet.
Incarcerated since December 9, the humorist Pierre Palmade will benefit from a sentence after the decision of the Bordeaux Court of Appeal. He will be released under electronic bracelet this Wednesday, April 16 after 129 days in prison. He should find his house in a district of Bordeaux.
“The normal procedure”
Questioned by BFM TV, relatives of Pierre Palmade expressed the “relief” of the artist who made the message he was going to make “low profile” at his exit from prison when he intends to continue to “be treated”. “He entered prison without noise and he will get out of it without noise,” said those who insist that the humorist did not benefit from preferential treatment. “It is a non-event, it is the normal procedure”.
As for his state of mind, Pierre Palmade said that he was “still struck by this trial and these 4 months behind bars”. “He was very anxious. He didn’t project himself at all and did not think of going to prison, it was very complicated for him.”
A passage in prison which “generally went well” even if the artist remained “under pressure”. Placed in isolation with a special diet, he had no contact with other prisoners and made his walks at specific times.
“He spent most of his time writing is his passion,” said those around him with BFM TV. He would even have written “a play in recent weeks”. “He did not have too much to write sketches”, a style of humor that made his popularity.
“He was still under pressure in prison”: relatives of Pierre Palmade react to the development of his sentence under electronic bracelet pic.twitter.com/aMk0MoSmY2
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“He hopes and wants to come back”
Finally, Pierre Palmade would be “terrified about what one can think of him” after the accident. “Basically, he hopes and wants to come back even if he knows that it is almost impossible,” said his relatives again to BFM TV.
As a reminder, on February 10, 2023, the car of Pierre Palmade had struck the full force another vehicle opposite on a departmental road in Seine-et-Marne while it was under the influence of drugs. On board, was a 38-year-old man who was carrying his 6-year-old son and his 27-year-old sister-in-law, six and a half months pregnant. The latter had lost her baby.
The actor was sentenced to five years in prison, two years of which were firm for involuntary injuries.
