Galliano: Drugs and Alcohol Made Me an Anti-Semite
Dude!!!
Well, if you’re on trial for anti-Semitism, I guess that’s the best excuse to come up with!
Galliano to tell court drugs led to anti-Semitic behavior
By REUTERS
06/22/2011 13:54
Fashion designer faces a six-month jail sentence and a fine of up to 22,000 euros in Paris trial; lawyer says he has no recollection of rants.
PARIS - Fashion designer John Galliano will tell a Paris court that multiple addictions to drugs and alcohol led him to lose all self-control when he defends himself against charges of anti-Semitic behaviour on Wednesday.
Galliano’s trial is the latest chapter in a saga that began in February when Galliano was questioned by French police after a couple accused him of hurling drunken racist and anti-Semitic abuse at them on the terrace of a cafe.
The Feb. 24 incident — combined with a video in which an apparently inebriated Galliano was filmed telling a woman he loves Hitler and that her parents might have been gassed in a Nazi death camp — led to the designer’s dismissal from his post as creative director for Parisian fashion house Dior.
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