Scheduled to last one day, the trial of Pierre Palmade takes place this Wednesday, November 20, at the Melun judicial court. The comedian is on trial for aggravated involuntary injuries, after driving under the influence of drugs, after three days of partying without having slept, in Villiers-en-Bière, in Seine-et-Marne, on February 10, 2023. Three people were seriously injured in the accident.
The Essential
- This Wednesday, November 20, Pierre Palmade appeared before the Melun judicial court for aggravated unintentional injuriesafter causing a road accident in February 2023, which seriously injured three people in the other car during the head-on collision: the driver, then aged 38, his 6-year-old son, and his sister-in-law 27 years old, then 6 and a half months pregnant, who lost the baby.
- Aged 56, the comedian faces a maximum sentence of 14 years of criminal imprisonment and a fine of 200,000 euros. In a state of legal recidivism after a previous conviction in 2019, the penalty incurred is therefore doubled.
The live
9:20 a.m. | The hearing will begin
Pierre Palmade, with a serious expression, sits between his lawyers on the dock. The trial will start in a few minutes.
The courtroom is full of people who have come to watch the trial, but also filled with many journalists.
8:45 a.m. | Driver of crashed car speaks ahead of trial
Civil party to the trial, and seriously injured in the accident, Yuksel Yakut testified on TF1, a few days before the hearing. A testimony to read here.
He was at the wheel of his car, in which was also his 6-year-old son in the back, and his 27-year-old sister-in-law in the front, six and a half months pregnant, when she was violently hit, in a head-on collision, by the car driven by Pierre Palmade. The young woman lost her baby shortly after the accident.
In Melun (Seine-et-Marne), Gwladys Laffitte and Alexandre Charrier
