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Galliano Guilty of Making Anti-Semitic Slurs

Designer handed a suspended sentence

By Kate Schwartz,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 8, 2011 7:21 AM CDT

(Newser) – He managed to escape the six months in jail he was facing, but John Galliano didn't manage to escape a guilty verdict. A Paris court today convicted the former Christian Dior designer for making "public insults based on origin, religious affiliation, race, or ethnicity." He was given a suspended sentence of $8,400 in fines, though he will not have to pay it, reports the AP. Galliano blamed the incidents, which he said he couldn't recall, on booze and drugs. (In related news, it looks like he still has one fan...)

In this Jan. 21, 2011 file photo, British fashion designer John Galliano appears at the end of his men's fall-winter 2011/2012 fashion collectio.
In this Jan. 21, 2011 file photo, British fashion designer John Galliano appears at the end of his men's fall-winter 2011/2012 fashion collectio.   (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon, File)
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imeanwhat
Sep 9, 2011 12:45 PM CDT
I, for one, am glad this is over. You can see my comments and sentiments below, but what impresses me here is how French court really does not tolerate this kind of behavior. http://bit.ly/pP0pKj 
theelefaunt
Sep 8, 2011 12:29 PM CDT
What happened to free speech? oh yeah it doesn't exist anywhere now.
ballen
Sep 8, 2011 12:00 PM CDT
Nothing like no punishment for this sleaze.  No jail, no fine--just a guilty verdict.  Now that is justice.

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