Pierre Palmade: second witness heard in investigation for child pornography targeting humorist

The author of a first report was heard on Sunday by the investigators, while the Parisian home of Mr. Palmade and his house in Seine-et-Marne were searched.

MO12345lemonde with AFP

A second man was heard on Tuesday, February 21 as a witness as part of the investigation for child -friendly images targeting humorist Pierre Palmade, said the Paris prosecutor’s office, which confirms press information . This man has given investigators from the minors’ protection brigade (BPM) of video equipment, which is being operations, said the prosecution.

According to a source close to the file, the second auditioned man claims to have a video showing Pierre Palmade consulting a child porn video. According to another source, this man lives in Bordeaux.

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“Depending on the elements collected, the hearing of Pierre Palmade could be envisaged,” said the prosecution, which refuses to communicate on the state of health of the humorist. “The doctors of the Paul-Brousse Hospital said this Tuesday that the state of health of the actor, assigned under house arrest, was incompatible with any hearing over time, a fortiori under the regime of a guard at View “, wrote Le Parisien .

The Paris prosecutor’s office opened on Saturday a survey for the detention of child pornography images targeting Pierre Palmade after a report made with the police. The author of this report was heard quite a long time on Sunday by the BPM investigators, while the Parisian home of Mr. Palmade and his house located in Cély-en-Bière (Seine-et-Marne) were searched on Sunday and Monday. IT equipment has been entered.

This report follows the serious road accident that the actor caused on February 10 in Seine-et-Marne, under the influence of cocaine, and for which he was indicted in Melun, among others for manslaughter. The collision made three seriously injured in the same family: a man, his 6-year-old son and his pregnant sister-in-law, who lost his baby.

Pierre Palmade was under house arrest at the hospital, in the addictology department of the Paul-Brousse hospital, in Villejuif (Val-de-Marne), under electronic bracelet. The Melun prosecutor’s office, which had requested a placement in pre -trial detention, appealed this decision of the liberties and detention judge. This call will be examined Friday by the investigating chamber of the Paris Court of Appeal.

/Media reports cited above.