a long love affair with Seine-et-Marne, land of all its excesses

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Pierre Palmade settles down in Seine-et-Marne in 1995the year of his marriage to the singer Véronique Sanson. He became neighbors with the actress Muriel Robin, his artistic accomplice at the time who then lived in Cély-en-Bière. The actor in fact chooses to settle down in the nearby village of Saint-Germain-sur-Ecole. This is howhe redeemsupon announcement, the house of the deputy mayor of Dammarie-lès-Lys, Jean-Claude Mignonwhich has just been put on sale. The former elected official, now retired to Barbizon, remembers a “charming guy, very cordial and also very funny”. “What was striking,” he confides, “was his courteous and generous side, both with his friends and with the numerous staff and craftsmen.” A reputation for “kindness and courtesy” which will not be denied during the criminal trial this Wednesday, November 20, 2024, in Melun. Without becoming close or intimate to his famous buyer, Jean-Claude Mignon today recalls some meetings with the artist both in the streets of Barbizon, where Pierre Palmade liked to stroll, particularly among gallery owners, and in his home. Saint-Germain-sur-Ecole which saw all the famous faces of showbiz parade.

A larger house with swimming pool in Cély-en-Bière

Faithful to this pretty corner of Seine-et-Marne, the land of Bière and the École river, Pierre Palmade exchanger in 2007 his house from Saint-Germain-sur-Ecole for a larger one, in Cély-en-Bière. The beautiful residence in millstone built in U, with pool in beans, in a magnificent wooded park, will soon become the refuge of all the turpitudes of the comedian. Some will speak of “the villa of debaucheries and orgies “, even if its owner presents it to the press as “ his haven of peace and tranquility to recharge your batteries from the hustle and bustle of Parisian life.”

In fact, this is not the case. The testimonies collected during the hearing will support luxurious reputation of the villa. As Pierre Palmade explains: “When my apartment in Paris had become too dirty, with you sang et syringes everywhere, people were rushing to my country house.” The actor specifies that he bled a lot with each injection. The day before the car accident, he had set out at the end of the night to arrive at dawn for another bout of sex and drugs, with two friends, one of whom was transgender. undergoing change. The very ones who will flee from the damaged car.

The “hell” of drugs and chemsex

During his long time on the stand, in front of the judges, the actor will hide nothing of the demons which haunted him during this long period of his life and which, in his own words, led him “in hell “. He will explain, without false modesty, this inevitable dive intoaddictive consumption and frantic, due to one injection every hour of 3-MMC (synthetic toxicant linked to chemsex), then rails of cocaine to keep yourself awake. This same cocktail in the shape of a poison cabinet which allowed Pierre Palmade not to sleep at all for three nights before the collision in Villiers-en-Bière, a few kilometers from his home in Seine-et-Marnaise. It was in this state that he took the wheel to go do some shopping at the local Carrefour hypermarket…

Today, the “haven of peace and tranquility” of Cély-en-Bière has been resold for the sum of approximately1.3 million eurosand has rediscovered its vocation as a peaceful country house. To the great relief of residents who resolutely want to turn the page on this dark, highly publicized affair.

Jean-François CALTOT

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