"
Not every comedian is Raymond Devos
", pleaded Thursday, April 6, the lawyer for Jean-Marie Bigard, tried in Draguignan for "
public insults
" and "
defamation
" towards his former producer, affirming that if the words of his client were "
vulgar and rude
", they were not illegal.
Tried before the criminal court of Draguignan on Thursday, Jean-Marie Bigard, 58, is prosecuted for his virulent remarks towards his ex-producer Chrystel Camus, first within the framework of the program TPMP on C8 then on the antenna of South Radio.
Requesting the release of Jean-Marie Bigard, Me Philippe Schreck acknowledged that the terms used by the comedian were “
vulgar, extremely ribald and rude.
But not every comedian is Raymond Devos
, ”he continued, in an allusion to the Franco-Belgian comedian who died in 2006, author of subtle puns.
“
It's his choice as a comedian to say swear words.
Others do it by aping or imitating
, ”added the lawyer, also an RN deputy from Var since the last legislative elections.
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"A crook"
Domiciled in the Var, Chrystel Camus, niece of Jean-Claude Camus, the ex-producer of Johnny Hallyday, claims 60,000 euros from the comedian, a sum which would correspond to the damage which she considers to have suffered as a result of the cancellation. of a duet mentioned for a time between Jean-Marie Bigard and the controversial Dieudonné.
Assuring that Mrs. Camus had gone so far as to ask him for 14 million euros for this litigation, Mr. Bigard had affirmed, on September 23, on Sud Radio, that this one "is a crook" who would have
"
no
more license to produce shows.
She sells tickets and keeps the money
”.
“
14 million, insofar as you are going to take them in your ass, you will have to roll them well because you are going to damage your asshole
”, continued the comedian, according to an extract from the show. Sud Radio broadcast at the hearing, at the request of Mrs. Camus' lawyer, Me Hubert Drevet.
"
We can deplore that vulgarity invades television sets, but it does not fall under the law
," retorted Mr. Schreck.
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For Me Drevet, "
there is a real prejudice when Mrs. Camus is treated as a crook
".
As for the other remarks, "
we are in the insult characterized, it is rude, degrading, it does not surprise me from Mr. Bigard, who is also a good comedian
", he added.
“
If (these remarks) are not reprehensible, what is?
We have an abuse that must be sanctioned
, ”insisted the lawyer.
The prosecutor did not make any requisitions, "
relating to the court's decision
", which was put under advisement on May 10.
