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Fashion designer John Galliano guilty of hate speech

A Paris court convicted Galliano of hate speech and gave him suspended fines.

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Fashion designer John Galliano leaves in a car after he stood trial for anti-Semitic insults in a Paris' court on June 22, 2011. Galliano was found guilty of hate speech September 8, 2011 in a Paris court and has been given suspended fines totalling $8,400.

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