Pierre-Alain Cottineau affair: the father and a friend of the child molester convicted of obstructing the investigation

Two relatives of Pierre-Alain Cottineau were summoned, Monday, October 12, to the Nantes criminal court for facts likely to have hindered the investigation, dating back to mid-September 2024. They were tried for having exchanged, before his arrest, with the LGBT activist suspected of a series of rapes against minors, despite a ban formulated by the investigators.

Asked by the Minors Office (Ofmin) to confirm the identity of a four-year-old victim, one of Pierre-Alain Cottineau's best friends could not help but write to him immediately. Anxious to obtain explanations for the alleged facts, she exchanged several messages with Pierre-Alain Cottineau in the days preceding her arrest at Nantes airport.

Partial relaxation

This same woman had also alerted the suspect's father. Following the instructions of his son, who was then in Tunisia, the fifty-year-old went to his home to collect a cell phone and equipment...