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Nantes Trial Opens for Rezé After-School Animator Accused of Sexually Assaulting 13 Children

The case is spotlighting shortcomings in how France’s out-of-class care services are supervised.

Lors d’une manifestation du personnel et des agents extrascolaires parisiens pour l’amélioration de leurs conditions de travail et leur rémunération, à Paris, en mai 2024.
Le prévenu, Frédéric S., de dos face aux juges, au tribunal correctionnel de Nantes (Loire-Atlantique), le 15 décembre 2025.
Les faits auraient eu lieu entre 2018 et 2019 dans deux écoles de Rezé (Loire-Atlantique).
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Overview

  • The two-day hearing began Monday in the Nantes criminal court, where Frédéric S. faces charges involving 13 minors and a maximum possible sentence of ten years.
  • The defendant, a former périscolaire animator in Rezé, denied the accusations in court, insisting he never assaulted the children and rejecting the testimonies as untrue.
  • Press accounts of child statements presented to the court describe forced kisses, genital touching and exhibition, with some children mentioning a puppet allegedly used to lower their clothing.
  • A psychiatric expert told the court that several children displayed post-traumatic symptoms and stated that such trauma presentations cannot be feigned.
  • Parents who are civil parties criticized earlier municipal handling of warnings in 2018–2019; the city removed the animator and he has been under judicial control since 2019, as unions in Paris held a strike citing 19 suspensions and 15 probes this year and demanding more training and staffing.