Overview
- Authorities say the assaults occurred between November 2024 and February 14, 2025, after a reported chemsex party in Lille prompted the probe the next day.
- The accused men, aged 29 to 50, face counts including rape and sexual assault involving torture or acts of barbarity and the administration of substances to a minor to impair judgment.
- Prosecutors allege the father put his son in contact with adult men and he is charged with incestuous sexual assault and complicity in aggravated rape and sexual violence.
- One principal suspect died by suicide in pretrial detention in June 2025, according to the prosecutor’s office.
- Local media report that at least one person is accused of receiving a video without reporting it, and some outlets mention alleged animal abuse that has not been uniformly confirmed.