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Nicolas Hulot, former Minister of Ecological Transition, is accused of rape and sexual assault. He denies the revelations of the show “Special Envoy”, in which several women testified against him. The Paris prosecutor’s office announced, Friday, November 26, the opening of a preliminary investigation.
Justice has just taken up the Nicolas Hulot case. A preliminary investigation has just been opened after the broadcast of the Special Envoy’s report on France 2. A document of 62 minutes of testimonies from four women, who claim to be victims of sexual assault or rape by the former host. “He took out his cock and took my hand. Then he asked me if I had ever done this kind of thing with boys. If I was used to this kind of hugging.”, testifies one of the four women.
Investigators will seek to determine the statute of limitations or not of the reported facts and whether others have occurred since. “This is the question of the possible abuse of power. At the time, Nicolas Hulot was a man of power, he was the friend of Jacques Chirac and the presenter of Ushuaia”, reports Marine Turchi, journalist at Médiapart. Two new women testified against Nicolas Hulot following the show.