Overview
- Lille prosecutors formally charged ten men aged 29 to 50 and charged the child's father with incestuous sexual assault and complicity in aggravated rapes.
- Authorities say the abuse occurred between November 2024 and February 14, 2025, after the boy was put in contact with adult men.
- The inquiry began on February 15, 2025, following a reported chemsex party in Lille the previous night.
- Counts include rape and sexual assault with torture or acts of barbarity and administering substances to a minor, offenses punishable by up to life imprisonment.
- The child is now in his mother's care and receiving specialized support, and one principal suspect died by suicide in pretrial detention in June 2025.