Overview
- The mother of a 4-year-old boy filed a complaint with civil party status alleging several acts of sexual penetration at École maternelle Parmentier in Paris’s 11th arrondissement, according to France Inter and lawyer Arié Alimi.
- The alleged assaults were said to have occurred in the leisure-centre toilets; the implicated animator was suspended on July 18 on a precautionary basis and no longer works with children, the borough mayor confirmed.
- Days earlier, Mediapart reported a separate aggravated-rape complaint from the mother of a 4-year-old girl tied to École maternelle Bullourde, where three animateurs have been suspended since the start of the school year for sexual-offense suspicions.
- City figures show 52 animateur suspensions since 2023, including 16 in 2025, and on November 14 Paris announced a plan adding a Children’s Defender post, mandatory pre-service training, and a collegiate panel to act on reports with immediate suspensions and legal referrals.
- An unprecedented strike by animateurs across 620 schools continues as unions press for large-scale hiring and stronger prevention, calling the city’s new measures insufficient.