French Fashion Designer On Trial For Anti-Semitic Tirade

AP reported yesterday that the trial of former Dior fashion designer John Galliano began yesterday. Galliano is charged with hurling anti-Semitic and racist remarks at strangers on two different occasions in a Paris cafe. French prosecutors are asking that Galliano be fined the equivalent of $14,400(US). Galliano says he remembers nothing of what he allegedly said. He was in the throes of serious alcohol and drug addiction at the time. (See prior related posting.)