Bobigny Judgment Mocking Mother in Child Sex Case Prompts Disciplinary Complaint

Overview

• On Friday the published written motivations of a Bobigny court decision showed judges had mocked the child’s mother with phrases including "psychologue et bobo" and the draft comment "Nan, j’déconne".
• The mother filed a formal complaint with the Conseil supérieur de la magistrature after her lawyer discovered the passage in the judgment communicated to counsel in June.
• The person accused, a baby-sitter, remains acquitted, with the court saying it "believed" the seven-year-old but that the child’s testimony was not collected by specialized methods required to secure admissible evidence.
• Anne Auclair-Rabinovitch, president of the tribunal judiciaire de Bobigny, called the passage "insupportable," ordered internal measures and said an administrative inquiry is under way with conclusions expected imminently.
• The episode highlights flaws in the drafting and review of judgments, raises questions about courtroom professionalism in child-sexual‑assault cases, and risks renewed public scrutiny of magistrates after recent high-profile failures.