Overview
- Pommier detailed the assaults during Thursday’s France Inter interview as his book Derrière les arbres was released this week.
- He writes that four men raped him between ages 4 and 7, including a former Normandy mayor and deputy whom he does not name.
- After he filed a complaint, investigators held a face-to-face early 2026 that lasted over three hours as the accused denied the claims and he voiced his anger.
- Caen prosecutor Joël Garrigue said Pommier’s account appeared credible but closed the case because the acts were time-barred under French law.
- He describes trauma that resurfaced years later and his testimony adds to concern over child sexual violence in France, where an independent panel estimates 160,000 minors are abused each year.