The announcement of the classification without continuation of the investigation on Nicolas Hulot, opened after the diffusion of the number ofCorrespondent dedicated to him last November, once again turned the spotlight on the former presenter and minister. Aged 67, the man who was accused of raping a minor experienced a descent into hell to the point of retiring from public life in 2021. To find the figure of the fight to save the environment, you have to go to Saint-Lunaire in Ille-et-Vilaine where he lives with his family. An existence now conducted in the greatest discretion. The Parisian tried to meet him.
Justice decided on his fate, considering that there is prescription, without however making the charges disappear. A source close to the investigation sums it up this way:We feel that there was something, but it is impossible to prove.” After being heard by the minors protection brigade, a few weeks after the hearing of Sylvia, his main accuser who was a minor (16 years old) when she allegedly suffered his sexual assault, he resumed the normal course of his life. Not entirely normal since he now lives almost incognito in Brittany, according to the latest news, with his wife Florence Lasserre and their sons.
Nicolas Hulot has put a total halt to his career. No more Foundation, no more politics, no more media intervention, he no longer wants to practice and no one wants to be embarrassed by his presence. The last took place on BFMTV when he anticipated the outbreak of the “Special Envoy scandal” to say that he was retiring from public life in November 2021. It is now in Brittany that he lives, fleeing Paris where he categorically refuses to go. “In Saint-Lunaire, he leads the life of Monsieur Tout-le-Monde. Made up of water sports, family time and walks in the great outdoors“, writing The Parisian. He only seeks anonymity, to the point of casting doubt on his identity. A trader confides as follows:He is very discreet. Once, I recognized him, I said to him: Ah, but you are Nicolas Hulot! He replied: ‘No, but I look a lot like him.’ I knew it was him.“