the comedian under house arrest at the hospital

Pierre Palmade will not go to prison tonight, Friday February 17. The judge of freedoms estimated that the actor could be placed under judicial supervision, assigned to residence under electronic surveillance. He will not return to his home but must join a hospital addiction service. In the morning, after 46 hours in police custody, Pierre Palmade had left the hospital in Melun (Seine-et-Marne) in a police van to be presented to an examining magistrate.

The two passengers are not prosecuted

The prosecution had requested his placement in pre-trial detention. The prosecutor said he was appealing the release decision. During his hearing, the actor gave some details on the circumstances of the accident. “Pierre Palmade admitted to having consumed cocaine as well as synthetic drugs before driving”, can we read in a press release. But Pierre Palmade has no precise memory of the accident. The two passengers are currently not being prosecuted. The occupants of the hit car are still hospitalized.