has been dedicated to diversity , who has been a loving person for all races , cultures and religions ... based on 40 minutes where he was sick through alcohol and medication , '' Aurelien Hamelle said . Galliano testified that he suffered from an increasing workload and no time to mourn after the 2007 death of his alter ego at Dior , designer Steven Robinson . `` With his death , I found I had no protection , '' Galliano said . His body became dependent on drugs , he said . `` I was taking sleeping pills during the day , '' he testified . `` I 've only just discovered since rehab what a lethal mix I was taking . '' Bloch testified Wednesday that she encountered Galliano on a crowded cafe terrace , which led to an angry exchange . `` I do n't remember his exact wording ; there were different phrases , '' Bloch told the court . `` It 's true that I was angry . I insulted him , too . '' Virgitti testified the confrontation , which he called `` just an argument in a bar , '' began when Galliano
Paris -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Flamboyant fashion designer John Galliano went on trial Wednesday , accused of making anti-Semitic comments against at least three people in a Paris cafe . Galliano , who was fired by fashion giant Christian Dior in March after video surfaced showing him praising Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler , testified Wednesday that drugs were to blame . Judge Anne-Marie Sauteraud read out a list of the abuse Galliano is accused of hurling at Geraldine Bloch and Philippe Virgitti , including obscenities mixed with remarks about their ethnic backgrounds . `` He said ` dirty whore ' at least a thousand times , '' the judge said . Galliano said on the witness stand that he had no memory of making the comments . Asked to explain his `` lack of memory , '' he said : `` I have an addiction . I am currently undergoing treatment . '' Galliano 's attorney said before the trial began the designer `` was a sick person , who was suffering from addiction and this is something we are demonstrating through medical evidence , expert reports . '' `` We must not judge a man who for 30 years