Personal bankruptcy: no “princess life”, maintains Stéphan Huot

Stéphan Huot denies leading the high life since his financial setbacks and instead accuses his former financial partner of “picking on” him.

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“It’s not because I went [en Floride] with my children or that there are people who help me that I lead the life of a princess,” argues the man who was at the head of the defunct Huot Group, in an interview with our Investigation Office.

Stéphane Huot has difficulty digesting the “disturbing new information” invoked by the lawyers of his former financial partner Robert Giroux in connection with various expenses “which seem incompatible” with his “bankruptcy status”.

“It could be! Even if I was going for a bike ride, it seems like I’m lucky to be going for a bike ride. It’s ridiculous, it’s relentlessness,” denounces Stéphan Huot.

For the condo

The businessman admits to having traveled to Florida three times between December 2023 and March 2024, but insists that two of these trips were linked to the sale of his condo.

“I’m going to Florida to sign the sale of the condo that I lost. At some point, let me go. It’s ridiculous! I’m not saying if I went to Europe every weekend!” he defends himself.

As for the approximately $26,000 spent on gasoline for a helicopter, he maintains that these expenses were entirely paid by the new owners of his old chalet, located in Manouanis, which he has maintained free of charge since its sale in May 2023. .

“I don’t get paid, and the owners pay for everything! I am a pilot, it costs me nothing and I receive no salary,” he insists.

A house paid for by a friend

Remember that since his financial debacle, Stéphan Huot has sold at a discount his luxurious condo in Florida as well as his large mansion in the Lebourgneuf district. He has since resided in a residence worth half a million dollars, in Fossambault-sur-le-Lac.

“It’s a friend who pays for me. When you get there, the big billionaire who gets his house paid for… wow,” he finishes.