One of the passengers in Pierre Palmade's car during the serious road accident he caused under the influence of cocaine had been sentenced the previous week for drug trafficking to a ban on contact with the comedian, who was however not enforceable, a judicial source said on Sunday.
Previously unknown to the police, Sambou G., a 34-year-old Parisian, was sentenced on February 2 by the Paris court to 12 months in prison accompanied by a probationary sentence of three years for acts in particular of trafficking in narcotics, reported this judicial source, confirming information from the
Journal du Dimanche
.
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This judgment also included a ban on entering into contact with the other convicts as well as Pierre Palmade.
But "
the provisional execution was not pronounced, the prohibition of contact was effective only at the end of the appeal period, ie 10 days after the pronouncement of the judgment
", declared the judicial source.
One of the convicted persons appealed, which led to a cross-appeal by the prosecution, so this prohibition was not applicable at the time of the road accident.
Occurred on February 10 on a departmental road in Seine-et-Marne, the collision left three seriously injured within the same family, including a pregnant woman who lost her baby.
Presented to an examining magistrate on Friday at the end of his 48 hours in police custody, Pierre Palmade was indicted in particular for manslaughter on Friday and assigned to the hospital with an electronic bracelet.
Sambou G., who according to information from the Parisian had offered Pierre Palmade to take the wheel, and the other passenger were placed under assisted witness status.
The Melun prosecutor's office, which had requested the temporary detention of Pierre Palmade, appealed against the house arrest of the 54-year-old artist.
A hearing will be held on this point in the coming days at the Paris Court of Appeal.
