Overview

• A 59-year-old nursery assistant in Vic-la-Gardiole was indicted on July 31 for rape and sexual assault against nine children aged 3 to 4 and remains in provisional detention
• The Hérault case began after two families filed complaints on July 2, prompting the ATSEM’s administrative suspension on July 3 and a judicial inquiry by the Castelnau-le-Lez brigade on July 29
• In Montreuil a 26-year-old nurse and her companion were indicted on August 2 for sexual assaults on newborns and for producing and distributing pedopornographic images and have been released under judicial supervision with contact restrictions
• Viral videos on TikTok and Instagram falsely alleging hospital staff abuses triggered widespread panic before the Groupement Hospitalier Grand Paris Nord-Est denied involvement and launched defamation proceedings
• Prosecutors and institutional leaders have initiated reviews of vetting and oversight protocols in childcare and medical settings to bolster protections for vulnerable minors