John Galliano convicted for anti-Semitic rant

A French court has convicted fashion designer John Galliano of anti-Semitic behaviour and handed him a suspended sentence over his series of drunken outbursts in a Paris bar.

The court in the French capital handed out a $8,400 suspended fine for two incidents, in February this year and October 2010.

One of the incidents in a Parisian café made headlines around the world when mobile phone footage was posted on the internet showing an inebriated Galliano insulting other customers.

Galliano was fired from Dior as its creative director following the incident.

Sidney Toledano, Dior's chief executive and president, said: "The fact that the name of Dior has been linked through its designer, as brilliant as he may be, to intolerable words, is very painful for us."

Lawyers for the Jewish couple whom he insulted said Galliano's fame and position gave him extra responsibilities.

They said a well-known person should be even more irreproachable than people who are not famous.

Al Jazeera's Jacky Rowland reports from Paris.

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[blackb3ard911]

lol if this was an anti muslim rant , he would have gotten the best reception in the media and even a medal for free speech but if its against jews then ur done for.

[wingofshu]

was it anti- aramic?

was it anti-arabic?

or was it anti-jewish?

cause all three are semitic

[ParaParagon]

good job on Dior firing this nazi-symphatising fag.

[mohammadun]

EILE SAAB and ZUHAIR MURAD and GEORGES CHAKRA are coming

galiano go toooooooo hill

the lebanese are coming

[143HK2012]

Thats it john... you say it how it is.... those dirty zion askha nazi sneaky twats...

[Seigu007]

@la2111 So I see that just like the other predictable God-Haters that you parrot, you take bits and snippets of whole sentences from myself, and draw them out of context just to prove to everyone just what a pathetic howler monkey/parrot you actually are when you are losing a debate.

[la2111]

@Seigu007 Why are you reposting the comments again. Dont you have ANYTHING original to say??

[Seigu007]

@la2111 Your’e a paper tiger and a fool, and a weak one at that.You are scared and it’s sadly telling by tone of your entire tirade.Perhaps you should consider taking a course in logic as well. I certainly would recommend it.

[la2111]

@Seigu007 Ahh found you - again posting some idiotic rant. Your brainless statement was not very christian of you. No wait. That's exactly the type of thing I expect of superstitious, brain-dead sheep.....;-)

[Seigu007]

AlJazeera has been hijacked by filthy jews

[gprswap3]

Heil Hitler jew animals

[MrAppleseed88]

that is so fuckign gay Europe have no right at all. people are not even allowed to speak their minds freely.