Overview
- Prosecutors in Béthune say a 24-year-old assistant d'éducation at the Collège d'Annezin was formally placed under investigation in early July for rape and sexual assault of two pupils.
- The alleged conduct is reported to have taken place between September 2025 and June 2026, according to the public prosecutor's office.
- The Rectorat de Lille was alerted at the end of May 2026, the school suspended the employee immediately, and staff filed the mandatory Article 40 report that sent the matter to the public prosecutor.
- The accused has been placed under contrôle judiciaire, a court-ordered supervision that restricts movement and contact while the judicial inquiry continues.
- Local reporting on the case was corroborated by the parquet, which stressed that the probe is, for now, not seeking other victims but could change as investigators gather more evidence.