Overview
- The Paris tribunal correctionnel adjourned the case to 26 May 2026 after the defendant arrived without counsel and additional families joined as civil parties.
- The 35-year-old former after-school animator is charged with sexual assault on nine pupils aged 3 to 5 and with sexual harassment of two colleagues for alleged acts between 30 August 2024 and 9 April 2025.
- The Paris prosecutor received an information préoccupante from the school director on 9 April 2025, leading the Brigade de protection des mineurs to investigate and place the suspect in custody on 24 June.
- The defendant, suspended since April, remains under judicial supervision with bans on contacting alleged victims or working with children, and he told reporters, “For me, nothing happened.”
- Lawyers for families say the children confirmed their accounts to investigators, and two colleague animators who became civil parties reported inappropriate remarks and unwanted touching.