Overview
- Complaints filed since early February target an animator who worked at the Volontaires nursery school in Paris’s 15th arrondissement and was previously reassigned from Saint‑Dominique in the 7th after reports of shouting and psychological mistreatment.
- The City of Paris says the employee had not been accused of sexual violence at the time of the December transfer, was formally reprimanded, reassigned under reinforced supervision, and is now the subject of an Inspection générale inquiry.
- Families and their lawyer denounce a lack of transparency around the transfer and say a 3‑year‑old complainant has still not been heard by the Brigade de protection des mineurs, urging the opening of a judicial investigation.
- According to parents’ accounts reported by media, one child spontaneously named the animator and described pain, with several families noting behavioral changes starting in mid‑December; the animator returned in January and was suspended on February 2.
- The case unfolds within a broader périscolaire crisis in Paris, with multiple agents suspended since late January and fresh alerts including three suspensions at the Boulard nursery school in the 14th arrondissement.