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Paris Court Finds Galliano Guilty

Former Christian Dior designer blames drugs and alcohol for his racist and anti-Semitic insults.

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By: TOM BRANNA

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A Paris court has found British designer John Galliano guilty of uttering racist and anti-Semitic insults at a Paris café and sentenced him to pay a total fine of 17,500 euros, or $24,589 at current exchange rates. Public prosecutor Anne de Fontette had called for a fine of no less than $10,000, or $14,100 at current exchange, while Galliano’s lawyer Aurélien Hamelle had argued for his client for be acquitted. The maximum penalty in France for insulting someone on the basis of their or...

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