Galliano sacked
Christian Dior has sacked John Galliano for “odious behaviour” after he was accused of making antisemitic and racist insults in a drunken rant. The flamboyant Briton, who has been the haute couture house’s creative director for 15 years, is under police investigation.
Dior stated it had a policy of “zero tolerance” towards antisemitism. It suspended Galliano last week after he was arrested when a couple complained he insulted them in a Paris bar.
Galliano, 50, denies making anti-semitic remarks, and detectives have stated they have no third-party witnesses. But a video has surfaced of Galliano declaring on another occasion that “I love Hitler” and telling two women their parents “would have been gassed”.
“Because of the particularly odious character of the behaviour and comments made by John Galliano in a video made public on Monday, the Dior house decided to suspend him immediately and has engaged in a process to dismiss him,” a statement said.
The designer was due to unveil his autumn/winter 2011 collection on Friday. Dior has stated the show of his designs will go on, without him.
Across the Atlantic, the Oscar-winning actor Natalie Portman, who is the face of Miss Dior Cherie perfume, stated she was “deeply shocked and disgusted” and wanted nothing to do with Galliano.
Portman, 29, was on Sunday named ideal actress for her performance in Black Swan. She said: “As an individual who is proud to be Jewish, I will not be associated with Mr Galliano in any way.”
But Italian designer Giorgio Armani stated he felt “sorry for” his colleague.
Galliano has made dresses for Princess Diana and France’s first lady, Carla Bruni, and is designing the model Kate Moss’s wedding dress. He spent more than five hours at a police station in central Paris on Monday as investigators sought to establish what had happened in two incidents.
Galliano was arrested on Thursday in the chic Marais district after he allegedly insulted a Jewish woman and her Asian boyfriend in La Perle bar.
His lawyer, Stéphane Zerbib, stated the designer was counter-suing the couple for defamation. Two days later, a second woman came forward claiming Galliano had similarly insulted her in the same bar in October.
The final straw for Dior appears to have been the video, reportedly shot in La Perle in December, showing Galliano telling two women: “I love Hitler. People like you would be dead. Your mothers, your forefathers would all be fucking gassed.”
Police have not charged Galliano and a source said: “We are going to evaluate the credibility of the accusations and Mr Galliano’s denials before deciding what action to take.”
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