On October 16, 2020, Nolwenn committed suicide. A year later, her parents are continuing their fight to have her status as a victim of harassment recognized.
Nolwenn, 17, had tried to warn those close to him of the ordeal inflicted on him by his football coach. October 16, 2020, the young woman had finally committed suicide. A year later, her parents wonder what their daughter was the victim of in her football club. They remember, facing the cameras of BFMTV-RMC, that a few months before her suicide, the footballer had launched the alert about the actions of her coach.
His father, Daniel Hoffmann, interviewed by the 24-hour news channel remembers his daughter once telling him: “Daddy, something happened in his car”, She told him, about a moment exchanged with her trainer. But the father failed to gather more information: “She didn’t dare, it didn’t come out”, He says. Since Nolwenn’s suicide, the coach in question has been given a one-year suspended prison sentence for sexual harassment of a Nolwenn teammate. The latter was nevertheless not recognized as a victim.
Suicide of Nolwenn: the gendarmerie had ignored the alert of the footballer
One year later, his parents are fighting to have his status as a victim of harassment recognized. Daniel Hoffmann, his father, indicates: “Without Nolwenn it might still go on, he would have done some damage. Today I will fight for her. Because she had the guts to do that, to say it ”. Alerted by Nolwenn’s father, the gendarmerie initially ignored the young woman’s statements. Sandrine, his mother, appears in revolt: “When there is an alert, it is immediately necessary to take it into consideration”. Nolwenn’s parents are trying to get the investigation into her daughter’s suicide reopened.