Pierre Palmade hospitalized again? According BFM TV Wednesday July 5, 2023, the 55-year-old comedian asked to return to the addiction service of the hospital in Bordeaux, the city where he is from. Indicted for manslaughter after his road accident in February 2023 in Seine-et-Marne, the former sidekick of Muriel Robin recently sparked controversy after the broadcast of a video showing him in a Bordeaux nightclub. As a reminder, he remains under judicial control as part of the investigation into the circumstances of his collision with a car, while under the influence of narcotics. The impact left three seriously injured, from the same family, including a young pregnant woman who lost her baby in the process. In the absence of an electronic bracelet, Pierre Palmade can now leave or join the Bordeaux hospital as he sees fit or even return to a nightclub, its judicial review no longer requiring hospitalization during the week.
Pierre Palmade must follow a treatment against his addictions
As complete BFM TVHowever, Pierre Palmade’s legal measures prohibit him from driving a car, contacting the victims of the accident or traveling outside of France. The famous theater actor must also to compel himself to care to treat his addiction, especially cocaine. For 30 years, the former prodigy of French humor has been fighting against his excesses with synthetic drugs, an addiction he fell into, according to him, to better live with his homosexuality. “When I was fasting, I wanted to be straight at all costs. With alcohol and drugs, I had the freedom to be gay, I didn’t judge myself anymore, I had fun. Comedian very clean on him the day, at night I went to gay clubs without realizing that I was becoming addicted to cocaine”, he explained to Parisian on April 27, 2019, on the occasion of the release of his book Tell my dad I’m famous (ed. Harper Collins). For now, he remains presumed innocent of the facts of which he is accused pending a court decision.