Europe 1 with AFP 10:36 a.m., March 14, 2023
The investigating chamber of the Paris Court of Appeal confirmed on Tuesday the release under judicial supervision of Pierre Palmade after the serious road accident he caused on February 10 under the influence of cocaine, announced the general prosecutor's office.
The 54-year-old comedian "is prohibited from leaving the hospital where he is," the prosecution said in a statement.
In its deliberations, the investigating chamber considered, according to the general prosecutor's office, that "Pierre Palmade's state of health was not incompatible with continued detention" but "the evolution of this state of health diminished the risks on which the decision to place him in pre-trial detention was based".
The artist had been placed in pre-trial detention on February 27, but never physically entered prison, having been locked on the hospital bed on which he was being treated.
The investigating judge of Melun, in charge of the investigation, acceded eight days ago to a request for release made by Pierre Palmade, a decision which the prosecution immediately appealed.
Indicted for homicide and involuntary injuries
On February 10, on a departmental road in Seine-et-Marne, Pierre Palmade was driving a car that hit a vehicle coming in front.
In addition to the actor, the accident left three seriously injured: a 38-year-old man, his 6-year-old son and his 27-year-old sister-in-law, who lost the baby she was expecting after the collision.
In police custody, Pierre Palmade, plagued for decades with drug addiction problems, admitted to having consumed cocaine and synthetic drugs before driving, according to the Melun prosecution.
He was indicted for homicide and involuntary injuries by driver having used narcotics in a state of legal recidivism.