What we know about the sexual assault charges concerning Hulot

• Targeted by new accusations of sexual assault and rape that he fiercely denies, Nicolas Hulot announced on Wednesday leaving public life “definitively”.

• The environmental activist and former minister said he wanted to protect his relatives and his Foundation from the fallout of the "lynching".

• Nicolas Hulot has anticipated the broadcast of a television documentary which gives voice to women accusing him of "sexual assault and even rape".

  Charges he denied.

This Wednesday, Nicolas Hulot announced on BFMTV that he was withdrawing "definitively from public life" following several accusations of sexual assault and rape. The former minister immediately denied these accusations even before the broadcast of the

on France 2 in which these facts must be revealed. Nicolas Hulot therefore took the lead, as in 2018, before the publication of a controversial investigation by the late

magazine

, reporting a complaint for "rape" filed ten years earlier against the former TV host and classified without follow-up.

At the time, before the publication of the article, the one who was then Minister for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition had gone on BFMTV to deny any inappropriate behavior and had denounced “ignominious” rumors. 

 returns to 2018 and takes stock of these cases

What are the new accusations made against Nicolas Hulot?

Four or five women would accuse Nicolas Hulot of sexual assault and rape.

Facts dating back to 1989, two years after the launch of the show

.

This Wednesday, Nicolas Hulot has anticipated a report to be broadcast on the program

, on France 2, and in which these accusations must be revealed.

Nicolas Hulot said he did not know the names of the new accusers.

As for France Télévisions, it has not confirmed the existence of this report, nor the information it contains.

“In the process, no more because my conscience would not be quiet, I definitively leave public life simply because I am disgusted, added the former TV host.

I am leaving my engagement and I will not speak again.

It's too heavy paid.

"

Nicolas Hulot (@N_Hulot): "I am definitely leaving public life" pic.twitter.com/oQSzEeUjo3

- BFMTV (@BFMTV) November 24, 2021

What happened in 2018?

In 2018, an investigation by

magazine

revealed that a woman had lodged a complaint for "rape" against the former host elected among the three favorite political figures of the French in January 2021. The Saint-Malo prosecutor's office, just like Nicolas Hulot, had confirmed the complaint lodged in 2008, but closed without follow-up, the acts denounced which go back to 1997 being "prescribed". The same investigation mentioned a rumor of sexual harassment against a former collaborator of the Nicolas Hulot Foundation who had herself denied.

The author of the complaint, not named in

, was Pascale Mitterrand, granddaughter of the former president.

She then said she never wanted to publicize the case.

For his part, Nicolas Hulot had filed a defamation complaint against

, before withdrawing it at the end of 2018. The one who was at the time Minister of Ecological Transition had not been politically affected by this highly criticized article.

He finally left the government with a bang in August 2018, denouncing the lack of progress on the environment.

What is Nicolas Hulot's line of defense?

As in 2018, Nicolas Hulot took the initiative by going to explain himself on BFMTV before the survey was broadcast.

Faced with journalists who do not have all the pieces of the puzzle in hand, the former minister hammered: "these assertions are false."

"I have never forced anyone", he assured, denouncing a "system which is losing its reason", with "the justice which moves on the television sets".

“Some evil spirits will take this as a clue of guilt.

No, it is the expression of my disgust ”, he anticipated again.

Our file on Nicolas Hulot

Nicolas Hulot also highlighted his notoriety, showing himself as a target.

"Why perpetuate a reputation that makes me suffer the worst that a man can suffer?

".

"I am leaving my commitment, I will not speak any more, it is too heavy paid", he adds, wishing to "protect from dirt" the foundation which bears his name, "which is the work of my life" .

And now, what will life be like for someone who has long maintained his image as the “favorite environmentalist of the French”?

"Put myself away from this world that I no longer recognize," he replied.

"From tomorrow, everything will ignite and the lynching will begin".

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