Overview
- Gérald Darmanin announced on X that the Inspection générale de la Justice report will be made public to clarify alleged investigative failures tied to the Pelicot probes.
- Victims' lawyer Florence Rault sent a January 9 letter urging publication after promised delivery dates in July and then September 2025 passed without a report.
- The inspection examines why a 2010 DNA profile linked to a 1999 attempted rape in Villeparisis was not promptly acted on, a delay that civil parties say risks limitation issues in at least one file.
- Dominique Pelicot, sentenced in 2024 to 20 years for drugging and arranging the rape of his wife in Mazan, is under formal investigation over the 1991 rape‑murder of Sophie Narme and the 1999 attack; he denies the former and has partly acknowledged the latter.
- Investigators are reviewing additional 1990s cases for potential links to Pelicot, with checks reportedly extending to as many as five dossiers.