Comedian Jean-Marie Bigard, sued for defamation of his former producer, who claimed 60,000 euros in damages, was released on Wednesday by the criminal court of Draguignan, we learned from a judicial source.
Jean-Marie Bigard, 58, was prosecuted for virulent remarks towards his ex-producer, Chrystel Camus, first within the framework of the program “TPMP” on C8 then on the antenna of Sud Radio.
Domiciled in the Var, Chrystel Camus, niece of Jean-Claude Camus, the ex-producer of Johnny Hallyday, claimed 60,000 euros from the comedian, a sum which would correspond to the damage which she considers to have suffered as a result of the cancellation. of a duet mentioned for a time between Jean-Marie Bigard and the controversial Dieudonné.
Vulgar but not objectionable comments
Assuring that Chrystel Camus had gone so far as to ask him for 14 million euros for this dispute, Jean-Marie Bigard had affirmed, on September 23, on Sud Radio, that this one “is a crook” who would “no longer have license to produce shows. She sells tickets and keeps the money”.
In its decision, which had been deliberated, the Draguignan court on Wednesday pronounced the release of Jean-Marie Bigard, we learned from Hubert Drevet, lawyer for Chrystel Camus. This release was confirmed by the prosecution.
“Fourteen million, insofar as you are going to take them in your ass, you will have to roll them well because you are going to damage your asshole”, continued the comedian, according to an extract from the show. Sud Radio broadcast to the audience on 6 April. “We can deplore that vulgarity invades television sets, but it does not fall under the law,” explained Philippe Schreck, who had pleaded for release for his client. “It’s his choice as a comedian to say swear words. Others do it by aping or imitating, ”added the lawyer, also an RN deputy from Var since the last legislative elections.