The family of Sergei Zakharov, who died as a result of an accident with the participation of actor Mikhail Efremov, did not accept the artist’s apology, which he brought in a video message. This was reported by lawyer Alexander Dobrovinsky.

Relatives of the deceased also refused to accept the material assistance offered by Efremov.

“I got in touch with my family today. They completely refused everything, they don’t want any compensation whatsoever, they only want a fair trial, ”RIA Novosti quoted the lawyer as saying.

The lawyer also emphasized that he is not a representative of the common-law spouse of Zakharov.

“I do not know this lady, they say that she lived 20 years in marriage with the deceased. I represent the brother of the deceased Valery and that part of the family that does not want a penny, ”he said.

In a conversation with TASS, the lawyer said that the family had heard Efremov’s apology and considered them belated. Representatives of the family intend to go to the end, seeking a fair court decision.

Earlier, Mikhail Efremov recorded a video message in which he asked for forgiveness from Zakharov’s relatives, saying that he knew that “they still wouldn’t forgive him”.

The artist expressed his willingness to help the man’s family, noting that the proposal is an attempt to atone for guilt, and not to pay off the family. In addition, he said that he did not intend to connect any ties to avoid justice, since in this case "everyone saw everything."

The video message of the artist was commented on by some cultural figures. In particular, the director general of the Big Moscow State Circus, Edgar Zapashny, said that Efremov promoted the idea of ​​permissiveness.

“When you criticize someone, you probably should offer another good model of existence. Unfortunately, already at that age, having reached the extreme point, he will now change his life, quit drinking, quit drugs, quit broadcasting, that it’s the norm of life - behave like that, ”RIA Novosti quotes Zapashny.

For Efremov, actor Gosha Kutsenko stood up, calling the incident a tragedy.

“But, it seems to me that any person before God has the right to forgiveness,” he wrote on his Instagram page.

Singer Lyubov Uspenskaya, commenting on the “Fifth Channel” tragedy, spoke out that Efremov “does not need punishment, but treatment”. She called the artist "a caring and sensitive person," noting that "worse than he punished himself, no one will punish Efremov."

In turn, the producer Joseph Prigozhin, commenting on what happened, spoke out in favor of toughening the punishment for drunk driving.

Prigozhin also emphasized that the law should be the same for everyone, regardless of position and place of work.

“You can make some discounts on some things, but you can not justify drunkenness at the wheel. I believe that fines should be millionth, ”he told the Moscow Says radio station.

Meanwhile, the defense of Mikhail Efremov, who is currently under house arrest, has denied the information that he has come to see him as a narcologist to remove the “withdrawal.”

“Mikhail Olegovich does not need a doctor, let alone a narcologist, these are media fantasies and an attempt to suck at least something out of his finger,” his lawyer Elizaveta Shargorodskaya told RIA Novosti.

Mikhail Efremov got into an accident on the evening of June 8 on Smolenskaya Square, while driving a Jeep Grand Cherokee. Having lost control, he drove into the oncoming lane and collided with a Lada van, which was driven by Sergey Zakharov, a 57-year-old employee of Delikateska.ru.

With multiple injuries, Zakharov was urgently hospitalized at the Sklifosovsky Research Institute, however, despite the efforts of doctors, he died a few hours later. Efremov was not injured in the accident.

Later, the prosecutor's office reported that Efremov was driving a car in a state of alcohol and drug intoxication. The artist pleaded guilty. According to media reports, before the accident he was in one of Moscow's pubs.

In fact of the incident, two criminal cases were opened - “Violation of the rules of the road and the operation of vehicles, resulting in the death of a person through negligence and committed by a person who is intoxicated,” as well as “Illegal production, sale or transfer of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances or their analogues. " Tagansky court in Moscow sent the artist under house arrest until August 9.