MOSCOW -- French rock star Bertrand Cantat was sentenced to eight years in prison Monday after being found guilty by a Lithuanian court of killing his actress girlfriend Marie Trintignant last summer. The verdict was announced by a panel of three judges in a Vilnius courtroom, which said Cantat's guilt was beyond dispute. Asked if he understood the ruling, Cantat nodded his head and replied "Yes". The actor's lawyer, Olivier Metzner, later said he would likely appeal the sentence, which he called excessive. He told reporters that he will make an announcement later this week after he has seen a copy of the verdict and judges' reasoning behind it.
- 3/30/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
PARIS -- Rock star Bertrand Cantat's lawyer sought an injunction in a Paris court Wednesday against the sale and distribution of a book by French director Nadine Trintignant about her daughter, actress Marie Trintignant. Cantat is awaiting trial in connection with the actress' death. Cantat's lawyer Olivier Metzner said the book, "My Daughter Marie", called his client a "murderer" 73 times, though Cantat has yet to be tried in the killing of Marie Trintignant, his girlfriend. Metzner has accused Nadine Trintignant of commercializing the tragic death of her daughter. Cantat, the 39-year-old lead singer of rock band Noir Desir, has been charged in the Aug. 1 death of Marie Trintignant and has been detained in a Lithuanian prison on suspicion of beating her to death during a late-July row in their Vilnius, Lithuania, hotel room (HR 8/15). The book, with an initial print run of 140,000, is described as a mother's emotional account of her daughter's life and death and has been selling well since its high-profile release Monday. The court will examine the case against the book, published by Fayard, on Friday. Cantat, who will be tried in Lithuania in December, has pleaded that the death was not premeditated but was an accident.
- 10/1/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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