27 Facts About Bertrand Cantat

Bertrand Cantat subsequently formed a musical duo with Pascal Humbert, calling themselves Detroit.

Bertrand Cantat's family moved when he was an adolescent to Bordeaux.

At the height of Noir Desir's success in the 1990s, Bertrand Cantat was a prominent figure in French music.

Bertrand Cantat was known for the quality of his lyrics, charisma, and live performances, often compared to Jim Morrison of the Doors.

In 2003, Bertrand Cantat was arrested for beating his girlfriend, Marie Trintignant, who died five days later in hospital.

In October 2010, three months after his probational status of release was lifted and his sentence declared completed, Bertrand Cantat resumed his musical career with a gig in Bordeaux.

In November 2013, Bertrand Cantat released the album Horizons, credited to his duo Detroit with Pascal Humbert on Barclay Records label.

In 2018, Bertrand Cantat was set to appear in a string of festivals.

In 2002, Bertrand Cantat began an affair with French actress Marie Trintignant after meeting at his concert.

In initial interviews with authorities, Bertrand Cantat claimed that she became physical and he hit her in response, accidentally knocking her down and causing her to hit her head on the radiator.

Bertrand Cantat claimed he put her to bed around 1AM and called her ex for relationship advice.

Bertrand Cantat was detained by the police upon their initial arrival, where he gave his initial account of the accident.

The post-mortem examination suggested that Bertrand Cantat had inflicted nineteen blows to Trintignant's head, causing irreversible brain damage.

Bertrand Cantat was charged with first degree murder and faced up to fifteen years in prison.

Bertrand Cantat claimed he "slapped" Trintignant four times after she attacked him and threw her onto a sofa before leaving the room.

The prosecution's argument was that Bertrand Cantat became enraged by the text and the argument, before severely beating Trintignant.

Bertrand Cantat claimed Trintignant told him that Cantat had struck her and even chased her with a knife at one point.

In March 2004, Bertrand Cantat was sentenced by Vilnius Regional Court under Article 129 of the Lithuanian Criminal Code to eight years in prison for murder, committed with indirect intent.

The verdict was at first appealed by Trintignant's family, who believed that her killing warranted a harsher sentence, and later by Bertrand Cantat, who wanted the higher court to reclassify his crime as manslaughter, and therefore lessen his sentence.

At the request of his lawyers, Bertrand Cantat was moved from the Lithuanian Lukiskes prison, to a prison near Muret, France, in September 2004.

Bertrand Cantat served four years of his eight-year sentence in prison.

Bertrand Cantat was released from the French prison on parole in October 2007.

In 1997, Bertrand Cantat married Krisztina Rady, an art director of Hungarian descent, with whom he had two children; Milo, born in 1998, and Alice, born in 2003.

At the time of her death, Bertrand Cantat was present in the house.

Bertrand Cantat was discovered by their children the following day.

The book claims that Rady was abused by Bertrand Cantat throughout their entire relationship and it was an industry secret.

Bertrand Cantat included these claims in her 2025 Netflix documentary mini-series From Rockstar to Killer - The Cantat Case.