Overview
- Paris's public prosecutor opened a preliminary investigation on Wednesday, July 23, and gave the case to the section de recherches de Paris to examine multiple criminal counts tied to Wyylde.
- The probe is looking at charges that include providing an online platform to enable illicit transactions in organized form, complicity in the dissemination of recordings of bodily harm, voluntary failure to prevent a crime, and participation in an association of wrongdoers.
- Separately, the Bordeaux prosecution has placed 19 men under formal investigation in the Gironde case and identified six victims with five having become civil parties.
- Investigators seized dozens of videos from the principal suspect’s home that they say show a lack of consent and helped locate scenes of abuse, and journalists reported that the suspect, Christophe B., used Wyylde to recruit men and stream some attacks.
- Wyylde is run by Koala Interactive and says it has millions of users and paid live features; some outlets reported no immediate reply from the platform while others quoted a statement that it removes illegal content and cooperates with authorities, and the case follows a 2024 closure and 2025 indictment in the coco.gg precedent that raised questions about platform liability and moderation.