Justice orders comedian remanded in custody

Rebound in the Palmade affair: the Paris Court of Appeal on Monday February 27 ordered the provisional detention of the comedian, until then under house arrest in the hospital, after the serious road accident he provoked on February 10 under the influence of cocaine.

Since the collision which left three seriously injured in Seine-et-Marne, including a pregnant woman who lost her baby, the 54-year-old comedian has been indicted for homicide and involuntary injuries by a driver who used narcotics in state of legal recidivism.

On February 17 in Melun, the judge of freedoms and detention had assigned him to residence, under electronic bracelet, in the addiction service of a hospital. This decision was challenged on Friday February 24 before the investigating chamber of the Paris Court of Appeal by the prosecution, which had requested his placement in pre-trial detention.

Pierre Palmade victim of a stroke on Saturday

The investigating chamber ruled in favor of the prosecution on Monday and issued a warrant of committal, announced Attorney General Rémy Heitz. “The implementation of this mandate now falls under the jurisdiction of the public prosecutor at the Melun judicial court, to which it will be transmitted accompanied by the immediately enforceable decision,” he said in a press release.

Hospitalized in Villejuif (Val-de-Marne), Pierre Palmade suffered a stroke late Saturday afternoon, said his entourage, confirming information from several media. He was transferred to the Kremlin-Bicêtre hospital, confirmed a source familiar with the matter.

On February 10, on a departmental road in Seine-et-Marne, the comedian was driving a car that hit a vehicle coming in front. In addition to the actor, the accident left three seriously injured: a 38-year-old man, his 6-year-old son and his 27-year-old sister-in-law, who lost the baby she was expecting after the collision.

Cocaine positive

Pierre Palmade, tested positive for cocaine, “recognized”, according to the prosecution, having consumed it, as well as synthetic drugs, before driving. The gendarmerie has been entrusted with investigations into suspected violations of the narcotics legislation. According to the latest information on their state of health communicated by the prosecution, the driver of the vehicle struck and his son are still hospitalized in serious condition.

In addition to this case, which triggered a media storm, there are now investigations against the comedian into the possession of child pornography images, launched after a report was made to the police. At this stage, no charges have been brought against him in this new case. His Parisian home and his house in Seine-et-Marne were searched, computer equipment seized.

A man was indicted on Saturday for dissemination and possession of child pornography images and placed under judicial supervision as part of this investigation. Since the accident and the many ultra-mediatized revelations about the life of Pierre Palmade, no one from his close circle has spoken, with the exception of one of his sisters. In a statement, she said on February 14 that he was “ashamed” and “will bear all the consequences of his actions, with the terrible awareness that he can never undo the harm he has done.”

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