the prosecution requires five years in prison, two of which are closed against the comedian

Five years in prison, two of which are closed, with a deferred committal warrant, were requested on Wednesday by the prosecution against Pierre Palmade, tried for aggravated involuntary injuries after the serious car accident caused by drugs in February 2023 in Seine-et -Marl. The prosecution also required an obligation of care, and an obligation to exercise a professional activity to compensate the civil party.

“We cannot be too lenient when the damage has occurred and driving under the influence of drugs has caused a tragedy”declared prosecutor Marie-Denise Pichonnier. Nearly two years ago, Pierre Palmade seriously injured three members of the same family, including a child and a pregnant woman who lost the baby she was carrying following the collision.

“I understand their anger”

“The serious injuries of MY and the trauma of Mrs. C. (who lost her six-month-old fetus, editor’s note), it knocked me down. I am truly overwhelmed, tested to see them in real life”declared the 56-year-old artist at the Melun Criminal Court for his first public expression in this highly publicized affair.

Turning towards the benches of the civil parties, his hand on his stomach, Pierre Palmade addressed them directly for their “ask for forgiveness from the depths of your being”. “I understand their anger. A crazy drug addict crashed into them, it’s almost inexcusable.”conceded the comedian, who became a showbiz pariah with this affair which revealed to the general public the dark side and decline of an artist stuck for years in his drug addiction, to the point of no longer being able to work.

Noting his recognition of the facts and his commitment to his detoxification, the Melun public prosecutor's office requested five years in prison against him, including three with suspended probation, in “the objective of restoring social balance” by denouncing the “scourge of driving under the influence of narcotics”. This Friday, February 10, 2023, Pierre Palmade had been partying continuously without sleeping for three days between Paris and his country house in Cély-en-Bière, alternating injections of 3-MMC (a synthetic drug), taking cocaine and parties. of «chemsex » with «sex friends».