Pursuits

Galliano Can’t Recall Anti-Semitic Rant, Blames Drugs, Drink

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John Galliano told a Paris court that, while addictions to alcohol and drugs left him unable to remember anti-Semitic and racist attacks bar patrons claim he made, he was sorry for “the sadness this affair has caused.”

The 50-year-old, Gibraltar-born designer said he began receiving treatment for addiction to alcohol, sleeping pills and valium at a clinic in Arizona in February and is now being treated in Switzerland. He isn’t working.