BFMTV INFO – The comedian Pierre Palmade, indicted for manslaughter and involuntary injuries by driver under the influence of narcotics, was placed under judicial control and assigned to residence at the Paul-Brousse hospital in Villejuif. According to a source familiar with the matter at BFMTV, this measure is valid for the next six months.
First placed under police custody at the Melun hospital, Pierre Palmade was indicted on Thursday for manslaughter and involuntary injuries by a driver under the influence of narcotics and placed under judicial control by the judge. freedoms and detention. He assigned the comedian – who must also wear an electronic bracelet – to residence in the addiction service of the Paul-Brousse hospital in Villejuif, in Val-de-Marne. According to a source familiar with the matter at BFMTV, this decision is valid for the next six months.
Concretely, this measure implies that in the event that Pierre Palmade were to leave the hospital grounds, his lawyers would first be responsible for requesting the modification of his judicial control, that is to say the change of his place of house arrest.
A contested decision
The decision of the judge of freedoms and detention to place the comic under judicial control was taken despite the requisitions of the prosecution who demanded his detention on remand. The prosecution has also appealed this measure, which will be the subject of a new hearing in the days to come.
The placement under judicial supervision of the artist also angered the brother of one of his victims, the driver affected during the collision. He said in a statement that the judge’s choice was “very absurd”, adding: “This person has already had several cases of drug addiction and he has never had the necessary punishment”.
