Overview

• Hearings opened on June 11 at Nanterre Children’s Court and are scheduled to run through June 13.
• Three defendants aged 12 to 13 at the time face charges of antisemitic gang rape, with two tried for principal participation and one for complicity.
• Prosecutors allege the June 15, 2024 attack occurred in an abandoned Courbevoie premises near La Défense and involved antisemitic insults, threats and recording.
• The minors also face accusations of sexual violence on a minor, attempted extortion and unauthorized recording of sexual images.
• The case has drawn unified condemnation from French politicians and highlighted a surge of over 1,570 antisemitic incidents reported in 2024.