This Wednesday, January 18, a man accused of having blackmailed Pierre Palmade was presented to a judge. Last September, he filmed the comedian in an intimate situation, according to Le Parisien.
Pierre Palmade has lived through hellish weeks. Last September, the comedian was the victim of horrible blackmail, as reported by Le Parisien. According to our colleagues, hell started after an evening spent in the company of an escort boy. At the home of the 3rd arrondissement of Paris where Pierre Palmade lives, Yaniss would have filmed him “in an intimate situation” without warning him. For two weeks, he used this video to blackmail the artist: he asked him 4,000 euros to delete these images. He then threatened Pierre Palmade to send this video to telephone contacts. “It’s the beginning of the beginning, it’s just a little taste of the 48 hours, unblock my number if you want to chat calmly”he sent her by text message last September, still according to Le Parisien.
Faced with the silence of Pierre Palmade, the young man of 28 years would have contacted his ex-wife, Véronique Sanson. Aware that something abnormal was happening, the singer therefore called the comedian explaining to him that he had received a strange call, that of a man who was aware of this video. He would have explained to Véronique Sanson to be ready to delete it if “the actor accepted his conditions”, what he never did. Instead, Pierre Palmade preferred to contact the police. Quickly, according to Le Parisien, the investigators found the trace of three people: the escort boy, the man who called Véronique Sanson and an inmate, who would have sent the initial message to Pierre Palmade. After weeks of searching for Yaniss, they found him.
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This Monday, January 16, the blackmailer took a train to return to Paris where the police officers of the 1st judicial police district arrested him upon his arrival at the Gare de Lyon. According to Le Parisien, he was already known to the police “in particular for extortion, abuse of weakness and violence”. According to information from our colleagues, in police custody, he would have partially acknowledged the facts while ensuring that he had not asked Pierre Palmade for such a large sum.. Two days after his arrest, this Wednesday, January 18, Yaniss was presented to the Paris court where the judge announced his trial for “blackmail” which will take place next April. Left free from the court, the man who tried to extract money from the comedian was still placed under judicial supervision.