Targeted by justice, Laurent, former farmer from season 15 of Love is in the meadowhas just been given a heavy suspended prison sentence this Wednesday, September 13, for “animal abandonment“.
The verdict is in. Last March, Laurentemblematic candidate of season 15 of Love is in the meadow in 2020, had his herd withdrawn after several checks and formal notices calling into question the health state of his herd. Eight months in prison, a total ban on carrying out any breeding activity and the definitive confiscation of his 432 animals were even required against the farmer, who appeared before the Rouen court on Friday September 8. Our colleagues from Cauchois mail reported that the veterinary services had observed “that the living and detention conditions of the cattle present on the farm (were) incompatible with the physiological needs of their species: lack of watering and marked lack of quality feed“Numerous bovine corpses would also have been left abandoned on the farm. As for the general condition of the livestock, it seemed to reflect this.”an obvious lack of care“.
Laurent (Love is in the meadow 15) in great financial difficulty
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Invited in February 2023 to the set of Do not touch My TVLaurent had mentioned his major financial difficulties: “Everything is invested in the farm, I had a problem at one point, in November” he testified, revealing that his power had been cut off. “I did not know what to do. It was my partner, who had just arrived in my life, who made everything she could to get me back on in November. It was extremely complicated, I had no support around me“.
Laurent (Love is in the meadow 15) sentenced to suspended prison sentence
At the end of the day this Wednesday, September 13, we learned that Laurent had finally been sentenced to a sentence of four months suspended prison sentence for abandoning animals. Moreover, the Rouen court decided to confiscate all of his livestockgiven to the Brigitte Bardot foundation.
