the former minister was heard by the minors brigade

“Nicolas Hulot arrived around 2 p.m., here, at the miners’ brigade“, indicates the journalist Alexandra Lay, live from the Paris district court, Tuesday, May 24. It was heard about the file of a complainant, Sylvia, who was a minor at the time of the facts. She accuses Nicolas Hulot of sexually assaulting her when she was 16 in 1989.

Only this file was mentioned during his hearing. “It was following this testimony, which had been broadcast on France 2, that a preliminary investigation had been opened by the Paris Public Prosecutor’s Office, at the end of 2021.“, recalls the journalist. The former minister was heard in free hearing, which means that the investigators were able to question him as a person suspected of having committed an offense, without him being taken into custody. . “At this stage, no charges have been brought against him.“, concludes Alexandra Lay.