Twenty-one months after the tragedy, the trial of French comedian Pierre Palmade opened Wednesday in Melun, in the Paris region. For the serious road accident that he caused while under the influence of drugs, the actor is tried for involuntary injuries and faces a sentence of 14 years in prison.
Entering the court through a back door to escape the swarm of cameras, Pierre Palmade is sitting on the dock between his lawyers, pale complexion, sunken face, staring into space, wearing a black jacket over a white shirt .
Called to the stand at the opening of the criminal hearing, he stated his identity in a small voice.
Considered a repeat offender due to a conviction in 2019 for drug use, he faces a sentence of fourteen years’ imprisonment and a fine of 200,000 euros (186,000 francs).
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At the end of the day on February 10, 2023, this man of theater and television took the wheel to go shopping, after several days of partying and unbridled drug consumption. On a road in the south of the Seine-et-Marne department, his car collided with a vehicle coming in front.
The accident left three people from the same family seriously injured: a 38-year-old man, his six-year-old son and his 27-year-old sister-in-law, who lost the baby she was expecting after the impact.
The dark side of a sad clown
Revelation after revelation, the general public discovers with amazement the dark side of a popular comedian, who has been staging his fight against his existential terrors for 30 years.
At the end of the day in February 2023, shortly before the accident, Pierre Palmade had a large quantity of cocaine and 3MMC (a synthetic drug) in his blood when he got behind the wheel with two party companions.
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On a departmental road in the town of Villiers-en-Bière, south-east of Paris, the Peugeot 3008 he was driving veered into the oncoming traffic lane and collided head-on with a Renault Mégane, that of the family in question. The relatives of the injured are still suffering the physical and psychological after-effects of the accident.
“Dangerous because of drugs”
During his first questioning before the investigating judge, Pierre Palmade said he was “dismayed” by the consequences of the accident for the victims.
“I’m obsessed with this, with the baby who died […]. I’m dangerous because of drugs, I’m a nice guy, I’m a good person,” declared the artist, who himself lost his father in a road accident at the age of eight. years.
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