They were the suppliers of the adrift comedian’s drug orgies: two Pierre Palmade dealers were sentenced Monday by the Melun court to sentences of up to one year in prison for drug trafficking.
In a subsidiary procedure to the investigation into the dramatic road accident caused on February 10 in Seine-et-Marne by Pierre Palmade under the influence of narcotics, three young men, identified from the artist’s telephone, were prosecuted for sale and delivery of drugs to the artist at the time of the collision.
After a four-hour hearing, two of them, aged 21 and 32, and with previously clean criminal records, were sentenced, the first to a one-year suspended sentence and the second to one year. prison sentence with continued detention. A third defendant, aged 22, suspected of having been a simple deliveryman, was acquitted of this charge.
At the time of the accident, which occurred after several days of “chemsex” (drug consumption during sexual intercourse aimed at boosting performance and sensations) and which left three seriously injured in a car arriving opposite, “we were hurrying to go to Carrefour to withdraw money because (one of the dealers) had to deliver 3MMC and cocaine to me,” Pierre Palmade told investigators, according to his statements read at the hearing.
“Winterfell” doesn’t lead far
Following the traces, the gendarmes identify two of his main dealers at the moment: “Max Chine”, a Chinese student who mainly supplies him with 3MMC, a synthetic drug, and “Winterfell” (in reference to the series “Game of Thrones” ), which delivers it in top quality cocaine.
At the helm, Karim B., alias “Winterfell”, is not having a great time. Thin and athletic, his lower face hidden behind a black surgical mask, the 22-year-old defendant minimizes his illicit activity. “To be honest, Mr. President,” as he constantly repeats, he only made a few sales to finance his sports massage practice.
“It was for me, it was a small traffic (…) I must have had four or five clients, maybe six to be really large”, affirms this ex-semi-professional footballer in a cream turtleneck sweater whose last delivery to Cély-en-Bière took place a week before the accident.
The prosecutor is surprised that a “beginner” in trafficking is able to supply 94% pure cocaine, compared to the average 50% on the market, and immediately finds himself supplying large, wealthy drug addicts like Pierre Palmade. “It’s bad luck, I really would have liked not to have all that,” evades Karim B. who took a plane ticket to Thailand the day after the highly publicized accident.
Objecting to the description of a “major” case made by the prosecution, which had required up to three years in prison, the defense of the defendants criticized an “excessive” investigation into means mobilized as impact. “This case is only as important as the notoriety of the drug addict who is involved in this affair…”, summarizes Me Grégory Bensadoun.