It is this Wednesday, November 20 that the trial of Pierre Palmade opens, before the criminal court of Melun (Seine-et-Marne), to which the 56-year-old artist went, arriving in a dark van. That is, more than a year and a half after causing a road accident which left three people from the same family injured, and caused the death of a fetus, the actor, on February 10, 2023. The man spoke about ‘”terrifying apprehension of the trial that awaits (him)“. Will he go to prison at the end of this trial? For some, notably a relative, “he already has his prison…“. As reported The Parisianthe daily life of the 56-year-old actor resembles an endless day in front of the television, in Bordeaux, where he bought a house, in a suburb undergoing gentrification. After selling his house in Cely en Biere, he now lives with 7,000 euros of monthly income which comes from his royalties and his health insurance following his stroke.
So it’s already been a year and a half since the fallen star found refuge near her sister Hélène, in the Barrière de Bègles district. Between the young parents who hurry to bring their toddlers to school, by bike, and the comings and goings between the market and the bookstore, local residents can sometimes come across his silhouette, that of a “broad-shouldered ghost“. Pierre Palmade bought there “a house without ostentation“after the sale of his property in Cély-en-Bière (Seine-et-Marne). In Bègles, the barrier is a lively district with its market, its shops and its cinema. The market on Wednesdays enlivens the area, where there is a butcher, a charcutier-caterer, and of course the emblematic Vents et tides fishmonger.
Pierre Palmade based in Bègles: what are his days like?
These are the comedian’s only outings. “His world seems narrowed, to the point of fitting between the 300m that separate the threshold of his door and the local supermarket.“, specify our colleagues. A Riverait informs them that this man, “white as a stamp“, silent most of the time, stops at the bakery, the pharmacy, the baker, the greengrocer just opposite. And if the traders act like nothing, so does he. It is therefore in this place, the Bègles barrier, which looks like a small village at this crossroads of boulevards, that Pierre Palmade has chosen to settle. Everything you need is within easy reach. What about nightclubs?
Since the defendant under judicial supervision was seen once in a party place, this disastrous trip to the Ultra Klubs nightclub, which was widely commented on on social networks, he no longer goes out. We must therefore go back to the summer of 2023. Pierre Palmade, according to another acquaintance, no longer drinks, no longer does drugs, and is learning to live differently again, he who has only known parties and clubs since he was 20. In his house, another relative says he spends most of his time in front of the television. “He already has his prison… He doesn’t do anything anymore […] He goes out to do his shopping and that’s it.” Will its future be built within this Bordeaux district? It was this Wednesday that the beginning of the response was written.
