It was only a matter of time. On Friday February 10, Pierre Palmade was between life and death after a serious road accident in Villiers-en-Bière, in the south of Seine-et-Marne. Several hours after the tragedy, the information began to fall. The comedian was driving under the influence of cocaine and substitute drugs… A daze which probably did not help him stay lucid at the wheel of his vehicle and which caused the hospitalization of the main person concerned, in addition to a pregnant woman who has lost her baby, a six-year-old child who would be “disfigured”, or even the pregnant woman’s brother-in-law…
Five days of hospitalization later, Pierre Palmade is finally able to speak. Or rather, to be questioned by the gendarmes. Indeed, this Wednesday, February 15, the hospital staff gave the green light according to our colleagues from BFM TV. And judged the 54-year-old artist fit to be heard by investigators as part of the investigation opened for “manslaughter” And “involuntary injuries resulting in total incapacity for work for more than three months, per driver under the influence of narcotics”.
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Pierre Palmade taken into custody, what are the charges?
The Melun prosecutor announced that the actor was placed under police custody and that it could last up to 48 hours. Cécile Ollivier, journalist for BFMTV, clarified that the investigators will not start “right away” speak “heart of the facts”. The latter should first take an interest in the habits of Pierre Palmade, which he “the habit of consuming as products”and then arrive at the time of the accident to “ask him to explain himself about it”.
The charges of homicide and involuntary injuries by driver under the influence of narcotics have been brought against Pierre Palmade. For his part, the artist says to himself “ashamed”, according to the words relayed by his sister who was able to find him on Tuesday, February 14. She also added to AFP that he would like “assume all the consequences of his actions”. “I was able to see my brother Pierre in the hospital. He is waking up little by little and realizing the horror of what happened, of what he caused. He is devastated, he is ashamed “she said.
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