The public questioned Sciences Po's handling of the alleged activity, but the school was ultimately exonerated.
[4] After the sexual abuse allegations Duhamel resigned from his job at the FNSP, as host of a popular radio programme on Europe 1, and deleted his Twitter account.
[5][6] In her book, Camille Kouchner explains that dozens of her mother's intellectual friends knew about the abuse but chose to keep quiet.
[8] In La Familia Grande, Kouchner depicts the environment in which such events took place, and how the intelligentsia justified them intellectually.
[9][10] According to a witness who talked to L'Obs but whose identity has not been revealed, children were told about sex and then asked to mime sexual acts in front of their parents.
While the book and media coverage questioned Sciences Po's responsibility in covering up sexual abuse and paedophilia, the school was exonerated of the allegations.
[6][19] The scandal broke a national taboo on the abuse of minors and accelerated the advent of new child protection laws.
[7] On June 14, 2021, French police announced they would drop the investigation into charges of sexual aggression against and rape of a minor because the statute of limitations had expired.