Dior suspends Galliano pending racism inquiry

British designer John Galliano appears at the end of his Fall/Winter 2010-2011 Haute Couture fashion show for French fashion house Dior in Paris in this July 5, 2010 file picture.

PARIS (Reuters) - Christian Dior has suspended star fashion designer John Galliano pending an inquiry into allegedly anti-Semitic remarks, it said on Friday.

Galliano was escorted home by French police late on Thursday after a drinking session that ended with him hurling insults at a couple, according to a police source.

"Dior affirms with the utmost conviction its policy of zero tolerance towards any antisemitic or racist words or behaviour," Dior Chief Executive Sidney Toledano said in a statement.

"Pending the results of the inquiry, Christian Dior has suspended John Galliano from his responsibilities," the fashion house, part of billionaire Bernard Arnault's LVMH luxury empire, said in the statement.