I remember the first time I heard about this, but it's been such a long time that I don't remember the details.

IIRC, someone drowned, and someone else filmed it on camera instead of helping, and ended up on trial for "non assistance".

I can't seem to dig up the actual story, but I think it was in the mid 90s.

Edit: I think it was the story of Marie-Noëlle Guillerné's drowning.