A tragedy that shocked millions of French people… Friday February 10, 2023, in Seine-et-Marne, Pierre Palmade’s vehicle entered in head-on collision with an oncoming car. In it, there were a father, his 6-year-old son and his pregnant sister-in-law. If the young woman lost her baby, the driver underwent six surgeries and today lives with 48 screws in his body. His son was also affected. Quickly, the comedian tested positive for cocaine and substitution drugs. Released under judicial supervisionPierre Palmade sees his trial approaching. Monday March 4, 2024, The Parisian indeed indicated that the Melun public prosecutor’s office had requested a trial be held for “involuntary manslaughter”. While the baby would have been born viable without the accident, the prosecution is demanding that the court decide its criminal status. “In general, the prosecution of the charge of involuntary homicide against the fetus itself has been at the heart of profound divergences in jurisprudence, as in doctrine.“, recognized the prosecution.
Mila, victim of Pierre Palmade: “My daughter was killed”
“The misconduct committed by Pierre Palmade is the certain and direct cause of the damage suffered by the victims”, estimated the prosecution. On February 9, 2024, Mila, the 27-year-old young woman who was six months pregnant at the time of the tragedy, spoke on RMC. “I still can’t bring myself to move the furniture and all the things I had installed in preparation for the birth“, she said. Traumatized, this school assistant did not have the strength to return to work. “Every time I think I’m getting better, I always fall further down”she indicated, before slipping: “My daughter was killed, she would have been born if this accident had not happened”. Assuring that she didn’t want to be “looked at with pity”she said she was waiting for the trial with the hope of convicting the one who “ripped off his future”. Pierre Palmade remains presumed innocent pending a final court decision.