Overview
- The 56-year-old defendant admitted in custody that he bought the doll for sexual purposes, according to the Aix-en-Provence prosecutor.
- Delivery workers in Bouc-Bel-Air discovered the item in a package from China and alerted the gendarmerie, launching the investigation.
- Prosecutors say the order was placed on Hydoll.fr, a Hong Kong–linked site that remained accessible in France at the time of reporting.
- The man has a prior conviction for sexual assault and prosecutors requested that he be placed under judicial control.
- The trial follows a mid-December operation that saw about 20 arrests nationwide, including a Tarbes conviction with a two-year prison sentence, as French law provides up to five years in prison and a €75,000 fine for such offenses.