As soon as his hospitalization was lifted, on February 15, 2023, Pierre Palmade was placed in police custody and heard about the appalling accident which claimed four victims, including a pregnant woman who lost the child she was carrying.
Among the other victims, the driver of the vehicle is today "
between life and death
" and the 6-year-old child "
in a very serious condition
" which suggests "
that he will not come out unscathed
“, According to a source familiar with the matter.
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This Friday, February 17, Pierre Palmade was presented to an investigating judge and indicted for "homicide and unintentional injuries with aggravating circumstance under narcotics", announced the public prosecutor of Melun Jean-Michel Bourlès, who requested his placement in pre-trial detention, "
with a warrant of deposit
", learned
Le Figaro
from a source familiar with the matter.
This charge could however be reclassified, the autopsy of the fetus carried out having “
not made it possible to establish whether this child was born alive.
Additional expertise has been ordered on this point
, ”added the prosecutor.
Risk of 20 years in prison
Questioned by the investigators, the comedian admitted to having taken the wheel after having "
consumed cocaine as well as synthetic drugs
".
That day, we are Friday, February 10, it is 7 p.m., and Pierre Palmade is driving on a two-way secondary road not far from Villiers-en-Bière, in Seine-et-Marne.
His car suddenly veered into the left lane, hitting an oncoming vehicle.
During his hearing, the actor however indicated that he had “
no precise memory of the circumstances of the accident
”, reports the parquet floor of Melun.
The two passengers in the vehicle - a 33-year-old Moroccan and a 34-year-old Parisian - who had fled at the time of the tragedy are also brought before the investigating magistrate.
The latter are accused of “non-assistance of person in danger”.
The prosecution requested their placement under judicial control.
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The state of recidivism was retained for Pierre Palmade, "
for having been convicted in 2019 for acquiring narcotics
".
He was also convicted in 1995 of cocaine use.
The actor therefore no longer incurs 10 years of imprisonment but 20 years.
This afternoon, the judge of freedoms and detention will therefore have to decide on the detention of Pierre Palmade whose lawyer will probably plead the idea that this detention would only worsen the state and the suicidal thoughts of his client.