Michel Neyret was born and raised in Landres in the department of Meurthe-et-Moselle, the son of a miner.

[1] He studied at the law department of the University of Lorraine in Nancy, where he graduated with a master's degree in 1978.

During his years of service, Michel Neyret has obtained a certain popularity in the French media and has also featured in the television program Zone Interdite on M6 in September 2011.

[9][10] On 3 October 2011, after his custody, he was indicted for corruption, influence peddling, conspiracy,[11] illegal drug trade, embezzlement and violation of professional confidentiality, and was imprisoned at the famous La Santé Prison.

[13] On 16 February 2012, on the television program Complément d'enquête broadcast on France 2, his wife Nicole Neyret confirmed that she attempted to join the Israeli mafia.