Pierre Palmade: the incarcerated comedian, this meaningful detail about his arrival in prison

Following his trial, which was held on November 20, 2024 at the Melun judicial court, Pierre Palmade was sentenced to five years in prison, two of which were firm. The comedian was officially incarcerated on Monday, December 9, 2024 at Bordeaux-Gradignan prison in Gironde.

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IN BRIEF

• On February 10, 2022, Pierre Palmade caused an accident in Seine-et-Marne while under the influence of drugs.
• On November 20, 2024, he was sentenced to five years in prison, two of which were firm, by the Melun court.
• Find out how the comedian expressed his remorse and his fight against addiction.

On February 10, 2022, a terrible accident took place on a departmental road in Seine-et-Marne. That day, several cars collided. Among them, we find in particular the vehicle of Pierre Palmade. Transported urgently to the hospital, the actor was in fact at the origin of the accident. Indeed, toxicological analyses revealed that he had driven under the influence of narcotics.

Pierre Palmade was subsequently sued by the other victims of the accident. His trial took place at the Melun judicial court on Wednesday, November 20, 2024. During the hearing, the actor notably mentioned the drugs he had taken just before the accident. “3-MMC (a synthetic drug, editor's note) tends to make you apathetic. I tell myself that by taking three or four lines of cocaine, it will wake me up and I will be able to go shopping”, he had declared.

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Pierre Palmade: “It is very difficult to rationalize someone who has been drugged for three days”

“À 35 years old, I said to myself: 'Pierre, you're not a party animal anymore, you're a cocaine addict'. Coke is bad because it's good. The disease of addiction is much stronger than the will to stop”, the comedian had also specified during the hearing. Pierre Palmade also acknowledged the dramatic recklessness he showed on the day of the accident.

“It's very difficult to rationalize someone who has been drugged for three days. With three days of injections, caution is erased”, he had indicated. Pierre Palmade finally addressed the victims of the accident. “I would like to ask you for forgiveness from the depths of my being, sincerely”, he had first launched.

The actor should be placed in an isolation ward in prison

“I am overwhelmed, distressed to see them in real life (…) I hope that one day the victims will accept my forgiveness. I know that a madman, a drug addict got into them. It's inexcusable”, Pierre Palmade had finally concluded that day. &At the end of the hearing, the judges decided to sentence the comedian & five years in prison, two of which are firm.

According to information revealed by BFMTV, Pierre Palmade arrived at the Bordeaux-Gradignan prison, located in Gironde, on Monday, December 9, 2024. In order to be officially incarcerated there. According to concordant sources cited by our colleagues, the comedian must be placed in an isolation unit. As a reminder, the comedian did not wish to appeal his conviction.