At the time of his care on Friday evening, after the road accident which plunged four people into critical condition, Pierre Palmade showed “many traces of bites” on his body, writes Le Parisien…
More than two days after the serious car accident of Pierre Palmade, which took away an unborn baby from his pregnant mother and plunged four victims into serious condition, the track of driving under narcotics seems to be clearer. We know: Pierre Palmade tested positive for cocaine after the crash involving three vehicles in total, including his Peugeot 3008, which he lost control of on a departmental road in a straight line. According to the public prosecutor of Melun, who spoke the day after the violent collision, “the toxicological analyzes showed that Pierre Palmade was driving under the influence of narcotics”. An investigation was opened for “homicide and involuntary injuries”.
Pierre Palmade also showed traces of bites when he was taken care of by the emergency services, we also learn from Le Parisien on Monday. In an article focusing on the search carried out on Sunday by investigators at the comedian’s home in Cécy-en-Bière, the Ile-de-France daily evokes “scattered syringes” on the premises, which a cleaning lady would have taken care of. to pick up and leave available to law enforcement on Saturday. A tool that seems consistent with “the many traces of bites found on the body of Pierre Palmade during the intervention of the firefighters”, writes the newspaper.
No drugs found at Pierre Palmade’s, on the other hand, apart from the injection equipment, according to the prosecutor who denied several information on this subject on Monday. As for Pierre Palmade’s mobile phone, it would be in the possession of the gendarmes who are in charge of a second judicial investigation, for “violation of the narcotics legislation” this time. It could allow to know more about the exchanges of the comedians in the hours which preceded the accident and, can be to identify his drug suppliers…
The main track explored by the investigators at this stage seems to be that of a long party organized at Pierre Palmade’s in Cécy-en-Bière, just before the accident. It is about a “24-hour” party, in the presence of four young people and embellished with “chemsex” according to BFMTV. Chemsex, a combination of “chemical” and “sex”, is a practice combining sexual relations and drugs intended to amplify pleasure.
Pierre Palmade would have decided to take the wheel Friday at the end of the day, with two of them, to go shopping before the collision, which occurred around 7 p.m. These two young men in their twenties, presented as former escort-boys by Le Parisien, fled in the minutes following the accident. Still wanted on Monday, they were called on France Info “to go to any police station” by Interior Ministry spokeswoman Camille Chaize.
The investigation into “homicide and involuntary injuries resulting in total incapacity for work for more than three months, by driver under the influence of narcotics” was opened on February 11. If such counts were to be confirmed, Pierre Palmade would risk 5 years in prison and a fine of 75,000 euros, a sentence that can go up to 10 years in prison and a fine of 150,000 euros if aggravating circumstances are found.
But can manslaughter be held for an unborn baby? The question divides, including within the courts. A judgment of the Court of Cassation of June 2001 indeed indicates that manslaughter cannot apply to an unborn child. A contrary decision of the Tarbes court in 2014, finally overturned on appeal, can also be questioned in the context of case law.
