John Galliano found Guilty in anti-Semitism case

Yesterday, a court found John Galliano guilty of making "public insults based on origin, religious affiliation, race or ethnicity" because of his anti-Semitic comments at La Perle cafe in Paris back in February.

This will go on his criminal record, but since he apologized to the victims and said that he was sorry "for the sadness that this whole affair has caused", he avoided prison time and he doesn't have to pay for the crime per se. He does, however, have to pay $23,200 in court fees for five anti-racism associations and for the victims, as well as a symbolic $1.40 to each of them.

This isn't the only anti-Semitic scandal associated with Galliano. Soon after the first incident, a woman stepped forward claiming that a similar situation had taken place in the same bar. Then, The Sun posted a video of Galliano where he says "I love Hitler; people like you would be dead" to some customers at a cafe.

Dior soon said that 'Galliano had been immediately laid off and the process of firing him had begun' and only days before their F/W 2011 runway show Galliano lost his job. You've probably heard that Marc Jacobs is now rumored to be his successor, so that means that Marc will most likely leave Louis Vuitton where he (like Galliano at Dior) has worked for 15 years.

When the first incident occurred, Galliano said that he had been under the influence of alcohol and prescription drugs and didn't remember it, but the court came to the conclusion that Galliano had "sufficient awareness of his act despite his addiction and his fragile state." Galliano blamed his addictions (to sleeping pills, alcohol and barbiturates) on the 'pressures of the high-stakes fashion industry', but at least he's been to rehab now and claims to have kicked those addictions.

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