A few days before the comedian’s trial, Yuksel Yakut spoke to TF1 on Sunday about the consequences of the terrible road accident for him and his family.
Published on 11/11/2024 15:25
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“I don’t know what our future will be for my son and I. Will I be able to work again one day, will I stay in this state? I don’t know.” In an interview with “Sept à Huit” on TF1 on Sunday November 10, Yuksel Yakut spoke about the terrible road accident, in which Pierre Palmade was involved, and its consequences on his life and that of his son. On February 10, 2023, on a road in the south of the Seine-et-Marne department, the comedian, under the influence of drugs, was driving a car which hit a vehicle coming in front. In addition to the actor, the accident left three people from the same family seriously injured: a 38-year-old man, Yuksel Yakut, his six-year-old son and his 27-year-old sister-in-law, who lost her baby after the collision. ‘she was waiting.
The actor will be tried on November 20 before the Melun criminal court for involuntary injuries, aggravated by taking drugs. However, the qualification of manslaughter required by the prosecution for the loss of the fetus was not accepted. “He made our lives hellassured Yuksel Yakut. I only want one thing: for him to pay for what he did.”.
The thirty-year-old detailed in front of the cameras the operations he underwent and the after-effects he has suffered since the accident. “I had surgery on my stomach, shoulders, legs, feet”he explains. “The doctors told me that I would have after-effects”he adds, before explaining that he did not “more sensations on three fingers”. “I have such intense pain that I’m exhausted and feel like my brain is going to explode.” he still assures.
His six-year-old son, who had to repeat his CE1 and is prey to “panic attacks”also retains significant after-effects of the accident. “My son is not doing well at all. He no longer wants to go outside because of the scars on his head, he is in constant pain,” explains his father.
