British fashion designer John Galliano will stand trial for allegedly making anti-Semitic comments in Paris last week, French prosecutors have said.
Officials said a trial could take place later this year. Galliano could face up to six months in prison if convicted.
He has apologized “unreservedly” for his behavior and said racism “has no part in our society”.
“I completely deny the claims made against me and have fully co-operated with the police,” Galliano added.
Police briefly detained Galliano on Thursday night in the French capital after a couple accused him of making anti-Semitic remarks. He also allegedly traded slaps with them.
He was dismissed by fashion house Dior on Tuesday after footage emerged of a separate incident in which he was shown telling two women in a cafe: “I love Hitler.”
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his next fashion statement will be with vertical lines with leg shackles as an accessorie
If we taped rants of antisemitic drunks, and put them all in jail, we’d run out of prison space very quickly.
All this might ruin business for bars, for fear that the truth will come out. They might start avoiding liquor.
Would it be inappropriate to say that Mr. Galliano’s career has flamed out?
So he “apologized “unreservedly”” yet states ““I completely deny the claims made against me…”
So he apologized for things he didn’t do?
@ofcourse: you are right. I would only add the famous Latin aphorism “in veno veritas” (in wine is truth). These are generally just the drunks that we’re hearing about and only if they are famous enough to warrant being in the news in the first place.
Sadly, this is nothing new. The world seems to require a wave of antisemitism every few decades.
Sorry: spelling error. It’s “in vino veritas.”