NOTHING prevented him from stating in front of about a zillion witnesses of the press that the confession was coerced.
He did it, he confessed to doing it, and he confirmed it in sworn testimony in open court.
Game, set and match.
Now, due to crowding, he gets to play wife to Pierre in some gross French jail.
It is a suitable punishment, the boy was a loser with a record, IIRC.
Yes; and you just go ahead and remember that if and when you are ever arrested in Monaco, Saudi Arabia, Russia, or similar countries.