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Overview
- The 66-year-old, identified in French reports as Dominique Bouvet, was formally charged and placed in pre-trial detention Thursday by the Vesoul prosecutor after turning himself in Tuesday following a viral livestream Monday.
- Prosecutors cited counts for making and sharing pornographic or degrading messages accessible to a minor, making sexual proposals to a child under 15 using electronic communication, and soliciting a minor to produce a sexual image.
- Investigators searched his home and seized digital devices, and the territorial criminal division in Vesoul is now examining the recordings and other electronic evidence.
- The livestream showed the man asking a person he believed was 14 for nude photos, proposing a kiss, and offering to show his genitals, in a broadcast that drew tens of thousands live and surpassed one million views afterward.
- The suspect was given an 18‑month suspended sentence in January 2025 for holding and sharing child sexual images with a ban on roles involving minors, and the new case has triggered both a zero‑tolerance reminder from France’s Olympic body and scrutiny of AI-enabled vigilante tactics and doxxing risks.