MOSCOW -- French rock star Bertrand Cantat, accused of killing his actress girlfriend Marie Trintignant, faces as many as nine years in jail if found guilty by a Lithuanian court, where a verdict is expected late Thursday or early Friday. Prosecutors in the trial in Vilnius -- where Trintignant was fatally injured last July during a drunken fight while on location shooting a television version of Colette -- called Thursday for the singer to be jailed for nine years in closing their case after a three-day trial. Prosecutor Vladimiras Serguejevas declared that the evidence proved Cantat's guilt in the death of Trintignant, who died Aug. 1 in Paris after being flown home for emergency brain surgery. He refuted Cantat's claim that the actress suffered fatal head injuries in an accidental fall after their fight.
- 3/19/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
PARIS -- Columbia TriStar Home Video in France said Monday that it has asked retailers to suspend sales of a DVD starring deceased French actress Marie Trintignant until the conclusion of the trial of rock singer Bertrand Cantat, who stands accused of her killing. Copies of the TV miniseries Colette went on sale during the weekend in a launch planned before it was known that Cantat's trial begins Tuesday in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius. But after a growing row in the Gallic media, CTHV contacted sales outlets to request the suspension of sales until the trial is over. Proceedings are expected to last several days. CTHV president Thierry Rogister said in an interview that he had been informed the miniseries was due to be broadcast Monday by pubcaster France 2, and subsequently planned his launch around that date. On March 4, when the trial date was known, France 2 decided to postpone the broadcast. But at CTHV, "The product was already in the circuit, catalogs were printed and so on," Rogister said. The company, however, did decide to suspend its ad campaign to avoid accusations of cashing in on the trial.
- 3/16/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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