Overview
- In February 2025 at the Jenner foster home in Paris’s 13th arrondissement, staff filmed an educator shaving an 8-year-old’s head and shared the footage in a professional WhatsApp group.
- Messages cited by outlets show the act was presented as a punishment, carried out without parental approval or authorization from supervisors.
- The City of Paris denounced the conduct, referred the case to judicial authorities with intent to join as a civil party, and launched an administrative probe that renewed the leadership team and sidelined implicated educators.
- The Paris prosecutor opened an investigation for intentional violence against a minor under 15 by a person in authority, following publication of the videos.
- The child’s mother discovered the truth in September after being told conflicting stories about a barber’s mistake or lice; her lawyer alerted the juvenile judge by email, and reports say the boy endured months of ridicule at school and has expressed a wish to remain in the home.