AAt the end of a morning spent watching his decadent life unfold before the eyes of the judges, Pierre Palmade was finally called to stand up. This Wednesday, November 20, hanging on the bar of the Melun court like the sad and white clown of fear that he has become, the comedian knew that he would play the worst role of his life. To have to first defend himself from a crime for which the justice system does not accuse him, when only “unintentional injuries” were blamed on him after the accident caused under the influence of drugs.
Pierre Palmade, a trial for example?
Almost two years after the terrible accident he caused under the influence of drugs, the artist, who faces 14 years in prison, will be tried this Wednesday, November 20 in Melun. Where some dream of making his trial a lesson in morality rather than law
“French law protects domestic animals better than the unborn child,” thundered the victims' lawyer, thus placing at the heart of the debates the death of the baby of which Mila, the injured passenger, was six months pregnant on the evening of the tragedy. . “Staggering above-ground” jurisprudence, according to Me Battikh, expressing indignation at the fact that Pierre Palmade is not being prosecuted for manslaughter. And then ask the president to reclassify the facts. In vain, despite the regrets in the form of a guilty confession made by the defendant himself.
“What does it matter if the law does not recognize it, I will always have the death of this baby on my conscience”, repeats the fallen artist before asking permission to turn around to face his victims: “I am devastated to see these people in real life, it's a moment that I feared. I would like to ask them for forgiveness, even if I think they don't want it. I understand their anger, since a crazy drug addict destroyed their lives. »
“Infernal Pleasure”
The terrible photos of the collision projected on the court screens had earlier been followed by their testimonies filled with fear, tears and anger. First that of Yuksel, the driver, approaching the judges limping to recount the ordeal of his son Devrim, who was even more seriously injured. The double punishment of physical and now psychological suffering, when the 8-year-old student is mocked at school for his face displaying the scars of the tragedy. Broken jaw and destiny.
Mila, the young woman still mourning her stillborn child, will follow with her memories intact, despite the denial from which she admits to having suffered for a long time. “Immediately after the shock, I remember having a stomach ache. I hear the baby moaning but I don't see him. Once treated, I think I have just given birth, sure that little Solin is just sleeping next to me. »
“I will always have the death of this baby on my conscience”
If not impassioned, at the very least very concentrated, Pierre Palmade watches without blinking as the mother evokes her nightmares which have become recurring through her fault. “As the one who killed my child is very well known, his face often appears to me. » As an extension of his regrets invariably expressed from his hospital bed and until his last auditions, the actor will have at least kept his promise to take responsibility publicly. “I am inexcusable, I had the brain of a drug addict who no longer has the notion of anything,” he said before being reminded of the sordidness of the three days of debauchery preceding the accident. In the shadow of his country house, which has become a temple of getting high and sexual pleasure mixed together, where investigators will find everywhere traces of blood linked to injections of 3-MMC, this powerful synthetic drug to which the artist had become addicted. addicted for two years.
Rather than the process of road violence, that of a deadly drug addiction began. “As for cocaine, I have long managed to create an illusion in life and on stage, but with 'chemsex' you are never satisfied. An infernal pleasure which often ends with the fainting of naked and bloody bodies. A form of accepted suicide. »
The great unpacking of an addiction that has grown crescendo since his departure from Bordeaux for the capital, on the evening of his 20th birthday. “I was completely lost there. » Surprisingly lucid and precise about his dual personality, almost too much to be honest in the eyes of a president ultimately annoyed by so much contrition. “But I'm not defending myself, I'm just explaining what no one can understand. » Except perhaps his sister Hélène, called to the rescue to swear that, if nothing is forgiven, everything is over. “I witnessed the disaster of his addiction but, since returning to Bordeaux and his withdrawal, I have found the brother I had lost. Before the accident, I was sure that one day I would have to organize his funeral. »
May all those who, often in defiance of the elementary rules of law, were indignant at not seeing Pierre Palmade incarcerated before his trial today be reassured. Without pronouncing the maximum sentence of fourteen years, the judges yesterday evening followed the prosecutor's requests by sentencing him to five years in prison, two of which are closed and partly non-adjustable. The Bordeaux public prosecutor's office should soon notify him of the date and terms of his detention.
