1. Richard Malka was born on 6 June 1968 and is a French lawyer, comics writer and novelist.
28 Facts About Richard Malka
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Richard Malka was born in the 11th arrondissement of Paris to Jewish parents from Morocco.
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Richard Malka's father was a tailor, his mother a housewife and he has two brothers.
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Richard Malka obtained the baccalaureat in 1986 and became a lawyer in 1992 after first having studied science and business.
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Richard Malka often featured in emblematic trials and current social debates: the fight for the right to blasphemy, the defense of Charlie Hebdo in the trial regarding the caricatures of Muhammad, the defense of the Center of Contemporary Art's Director in the trial regarding the diffusion of pornographic images of minors in the course of the Presumes innocents exhibit, the defense of the motion picture on the terrorist Carlos made by Daniel Leconte and Olivier Assayas.
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Richard Malka worked as an attorney for the nutritionist Jean-Michel Cohen in his lawsuit against Dr Pierre Dukan.
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Richard Malka worked for Marek Halter, for whom he obtained the conviction of former French Minister of Justice Rachida Dati for defamatory statements.
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In 2010 Richard Malka defended his prior boss Kiejman in a defamation suit brought by Olivier Metzner and Francoise Bettencourt Meyers.
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Richard Malka worked as an advocate for Clearstream in the Clearstream affair where Clearstream sued investigating journalist Denis Robert for libel.
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Richard Malka said Dieudonne belonged "in an asylum" and this statement brought him a conviction for public abuse in July 2016.
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Richard Malka appealed his sentence and was acquitted by the Court of Appeal of Paris on 6 July 2017.
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Richard Malka was advocate for the day care center Baby-Loup who fired a woman because she wore hijab in 2008, alleging that the hijab violated the center's secular nature.
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In 2011, Richard Malka was hired by Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Anne Sinclair to take various legal actions against various media regarding the Carlton affair and related issues.
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In 2014 Richard Malka defended Carla Bruni in her trial against Patrick Buisson, former counselor of President Nicolas Sarkozy, regarding illegal recordings.
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In 2015 Richard Malka featured in the trial of businessman Beny Steinmetz against the French newspaper Le Canard Enchaine.
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In 2016 Richard Malka worked as Martin d'Orgeval's lawyer, partner of Francois-Marie Banier.
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Richard Malka obtained a prison and financial redemption dismissal for his client.
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Richard Malka first met with Charlie Hebdo as an advocate in 1994 at a time the magazine was often attacked by Alliance generale contre le racisme et pour le respect de l'identite francaise et chretienne for anti-clericalism and by Front National.
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Richard Malka remained close to the people at the magazine.
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Richard Malka assisted Charlie Hebdo before and after the Charlie Hebdo shootings.
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In 2015, Richard Malka tried to prevent the publication of Charpie Hebdo, a journal mocking Charlie Hebdo.
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Richard Malka worked as a lawyer for radio groups such as NRJ and Beur FM, for publishers Association and Cherche midi, for newspaper Metro and Entrevue and for several journalists as well as large French news agency such as Tony Comiti Productions and Tac-Presse.
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Richard Malka featured in the movie C'est dur d'etre aime par des cons, relating the trials of Charlie Hebdo regarding their caricatures.
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In 2004, Richard Malka published the first issue of the comics L'Ordre de Ciceron, illustrated by Paul Gillon.
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Richard Malka launched another series of comics entitled Section financiere along with Andrea Mutti.
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In January 2018 Richard Malka published his first novel entitled Tyrannie.
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Richard Malka said he was inspired by 1984 written by George Orwell, a "founder" and "structuring" novel.
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Critics noted this inspiration, stating that Richard Malka's style was "half judiciary half-Orwellian".