It was a horror: the Moscow theater refused to cooperate with Efremov after parole

In early April, Honored Artist of Russia, actor and director Mikhail Efremov, who caused a fatal accident, will be released from prison on parole (parole). The Vakhtangov Theater does not plan to work with the artist, said the director of the institution Kirill Krok.

"I don't know him at all, I'll tell you honestly. But what I saw when he was an artist of the Sovremennik theater — a fake came out somewhere on tour, could not connect two words — for me it was some kind of horror. I kept thinking: well, how can it be, how can it be? An accident on the Garden Ring and the death of a person are all links in the same chain, as a person descended," the Paragraph portal quotes the director.

In addition, Kroc added that the Vakhtangov Theater does not require new artists now.

"We have a huge beautiful troupe of our own. We don't invite anyone at all, let alone Efremov," he concluded.

As reported by EADaily, on the evening of June 8, 2020, the actor, while drunk at the wheel of a Jeep Grand Cherokee, crossed a double solid line on Smolenskaya Square in the center of Moscow, drove into the oncoming lane and crashed into a Lada van. His driver, the courier of the online store Sergey Zakharov, died in hospital. Initially, the Presnensky court sentenced Efremov to eight years in a general regime colony, then the Moscow City Court reduced the term to seven and a half years.

At a court hearing on March 24, Efremov said that he had paid all the claims, and also that there was not a single day when he did not think about "his sin."

The actor asked to be released. He assures that in the colony he embarked on the path of correction and learned a lesson. He also longs for his profession and believes that he can benefit society with his craft.

He noted that he has health problems and needs to undergo treatment. In addition, the artist assured the court that he would never break the law again and no one would get hurt because of him. In addition, he assured that he had eliminated alcohol from his life.

Mikhail Efremov spent almost 5 years in the colony. The prosecutor in the case of the artist said that the purpose of the punishment has been achieved and he no longer needs to serve time.

One of the first on the news about His son, Nikita Efremov, responded to the artist's parole.

"Today, my father was approved for parole after five years of imprisonment. This is a difficult moment for all parties," he wrote.

Efremov Jr. stressed that he does not forget about the deceased.

"I express my deep condolences to his family and friends," he concluded.