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France Charges 10 Men in Drug-Facilitated Rape of 5-Year-Old as Father Faces Incest Charge

Prosecutors allege the father enabled the assaults by drugging his son.

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.