Indicted on Friday February 17 for “aggravated homicide and involuntary injuries”, at the heart of investigations for “violation of the narcotics legislation”, this is the name of Pierre Palmade associated with a new judicial investigation. The comedian is now targeted by a preliminary investigation by the head of “possession of child pornography images” learned Le Parisien from the Paris prosecutor’s office, confirming information from BFMTV. These investigations opened since Saturday are entrusted to investigators from the Brigade for the Protection of Minors (BPM) of the Parisian PJ. They were ordered following a report made on February 18.
On Saturday, a man telephoned 17 to report that he was aware of the existence of videos showing that Pierre Palmade had been able to view sexual images of minors. According to the story of this man, who claimed to live in Paris and gave his name to the police, the images would be eloquent: we would see Pierre Palmade watching pornographic films featuring minors. Upon receipt of this call, the Paris prosecutor’s office immediately opened an investigation and summoned this man to be interviewed.
Investigators will work to recover and authenticate the videos mentioned by this man
According to a source familiar with the matter, he responded favorably to the summons and reiterated his accusations once morest the actor this Sunday, February 19, before the BPM police officers. Investigators will now work to recover and authenticate the videos mentioned by this man. The police will no doubt also question him regarding the timing of his disturbing revelations. In any case, the investigators seem determined to work quickly. According to concordant sources confirmed by the Paris prosecutor’s office, a search was carried out this Sunday at the Parisian home of Pierre Palmade by BPM investigators. The actor should also be quickly heard by the police as part of this new procedure.
For more than a week, the actor finds himself in a legal whirlwind born of the serious accident he caused on Friday February 10 on a road in Seine-et-Marne. During his police custody, the comedian had admitted having consumed cocaine as well as synthetic drugs with several friends before his accident. According to one of his passengers, Pierre Palmade had even consumed drugs 30 minutes before the collision. He would also have insisted on driving himself, despite the proposals of one of his friends to take the wheel. More than a week following this tragedy, the driver of the car hit by Pierre Palmade and his 6-year-old son are still in serious condition. The driver’s sister, six months pregnant, lost the child she was carrying.
Placed under judicial supervision, the 54-year-old actor has so far escaped pre-trial detention. Since Friday the actor has been under house arrest in the addiction service of the Paul-Brousse hospital in Villejuif (Val-de-Marne), under an electronic bracelet. Could this new investigation targeting him call into question this decision, while the Melun prosecution appealed this security measure and requested – as at the time of his indictment – the placement in pre-trial detention of the comedian?
