Overview
- Besançon prosecutors placed a 13-year-old under formal investigation for rape, complicity in rape and recording images, with judicial supervision and a no-contact order.
- Police say the 8-year-old alleged perpetrator in the Besançon assault is not criminally liable due to age, while both younger children told investigators they felt coerced.
- The video circulated widely among pupils, prompting the rectorat to alert authorities on October 10 and deploy school social workers and prevention measures.
- The 13-year-old in Besançon was taken into custody on October 15, denied coercion, and is now being followed by juvenile protection services under court oversight.
- In Grenoble, a 13-year-old girl’s filmed beating on October 7 led to the identification of an 11½-year-old suspect who was handed to his father as police continue to seek other participants.