The former Minister of the Environment is also stepping down from the presidency of his foundation.
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Nicolas Hulot announces to leave public life definitively, on the eve of an issue of “Special Envoy” in which several women accuse him of sexual assault and rape. “I am definitely leaving public life, said the former Minister of the Environment, Nicolas Hulot on BFMTV, Wednesday, November 24. I will not speak again. I do not wish anyone to experience the nightmare I am living in. “ He is also leaving the presidency of his foundation.
“Special Envoy” will broadcast Thursday, November 25, at 9:05 pm, a document in which several women testify against him. Solicited by the show, the former minister did not wish to answer questions from journalists from France 2. According to Nicolas Hulot, “four or five women” bring charges against him, in addition to the granddaughter of François Mitterrand whose rape complaint had already emerged four years ago.
“I know that from tomorrow, the lynching will begin. I want to say it without formula, without element of language: neither near or far, I did not commit these acts. These statements are purely false.”, assured Nicolas Hulot against Bruce Toussaint. For 4 years, I have suffered from the poison of rumor, innuendo sometimes openly accusations. “
In 2018, Nicolas Hulot had already defended himself from accusations of harassment and sexual violence targeting him, before the publication of an investigation by the magazine Ebdo. Udo not complain for “an act of rape” had been filed in 2008 against Nicolas Hulot, but closed because of the prescription, had confirmed the prosecutor of the Republic of Saint-Malo.