The comedian is still awaiting the verdict of the Paris Court of Appeal, which must rule on a possible placement in jail this Monday after suffering a STROKE this Saturday at the end of the afternoon.
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| Pierre Palmade |
There is just another factor to consider in the Palmade file. The comedian, who was under the influence of cocaine at the time of the events, suffered a stroke (AVC) Saturday at the end of the day, two weeks practically to the day after the spectacular collision on a departmental road in Seine-et-Marne.
Indicted for "involuntary homicide and harm" and placed under judicial supervision on February 17, Pierre Palmade is now awaiting a fresh court ruling, the Melun prosecution having originally requested and then challenged placement in pre-trial prison. Can the comedian's health influence the course of events? Will it be repaired on Monday?
We don't know the specific severity or cause of the 54-year-old comedian's stroke, but we do know that his crucial prognosis is not great. This neurological episode, produced by an abrupt cessation of blood circulation inside the brain, can nonetheless have catastrophic implications, including paralysis and language difficulties.
The severity of these consequences is affected by the speed with which they are treated. We can only imagine how quickly the comic was hospitalized. Nonetheless, the onset of a stroke necessitates intensified surveillance for many days, as well as a "acute" therapy phase.
Pierre Palmade, who had previously been assigned to the addictology department of the Paul Brousse hospital in Villejuif (Val-de-Marne), was relocated on Saturday at the end of the day to the Kremlin-Bicêtre medical center, which is a few kilometers away. According to our understanding, his electronic bracelet was removed at the physicians' suggestion. According to BFMTV, the actor was removed from intensive care on Sunday and placed in an isolated room in a neurovascular unit. "A priori, this suggests that there were no particularly catastrophic immediate repercussions," says Professor Milou Daniel Drici, a pharmacologist and cardiologist in Nice.
Each patient following a stroke "needs frequent monitoring for life", advises the High Authority for Health . "The management is multifactorial: you have to make sure that an artery is not at risk of clogging in another place, but you also have to take medication if necessary, and be monitored by a doctor in order to limit the risk factors (tobacco, drugs, etc.")," says Florian Zorès, cardiologist in Strasbourg.
"There is no reason for the decision not to be made on Monday," said Me Vinciane Jacquet, criminal lawyer at the Paris Court of Appeal. The future of Pierre Palmade should therefore be played out this Monday at 11:30 a.m. The investigating chamber of the Paris Court of Appeal must confirm the order of the judge of freedoms and detention of Melun, who had placed the comedian under an electronic bracelet, or decide on his imprisonment.
The Melun public prosecutor's office, which had requested that he be held in pre-trial prison, filed an appeal against the decision to place him under home arrest. The Paris public prosecutor's office filed the same request on Friday. Occasionally, the decision was put on hold.
"This sort of setup is not provided for under the Code of Criminal Process," says Dylan Slama, a criminal lawyer at the Paris Bar. Two extremely uncommon occurrences have collided: the deliberation of the investigative chamber's judgment, followed by a serious health accident between the hearing and the announcement of the verdict. "In this sort of judgment, the jurors simply take into account the evidence provided during the discussions," Me Vinciane Jacquet argues. Here, we can view the stroke as an instance of force majeure, but it is an aspect which logically could not be raised on Friday ".
Based on the court's ruling, the issue of the actor's health should also be raised. "The criminal procedural statute states that the state of health must be compatible with jail," Me Dylan Slama remembers. There are various possibilities available to judges. They can affirm the judge of liberties' order and Melun's incarceration, and in this instance, Pierre Palmade will return to house arrest in the addiction service following his hospitalization for his stroke.
They can also reverse the order by following the general prosecutor's office's requisitions. Pierre Palmade will subsequently be sent to prison as soon as his health permits. "It is probable that he will be placed under the custody regime at the hospital, under the supervision of the public force," Me Vinciane Jacquet adds. He would subsequently be transported to a prison".
Pierre Palmade is also the subject of an inquiry into child pornography photographs, which was launched in response to a police report, and in which he has yet to be heard. A relative of the comedian was indicted and placed under court supervision on Saturday evening for transmitting and possessing child pornography photos.