French father and nine other men charged for raping drugged 5-year-old son

French prosecutors have charged 10 men aged 29 to 50 in relation to a probe into the alleged r@pe of a five-year-old boy while drugged, they said on Tuesday.

An investigation was opened on February 15, 2025, following a report on a “chems3x” party the previous night in the northern city of Lille, the prosecutor’s office there said.

The allegations were that a five-year-old child who was “put in contact with adult males by his own father” suffered “acts of sexual violence aggravated by the use of chemical substances,” it said.

It referred the matter to an investigating judge for acts committed in Lille between November 2024 and February 14, 2025, including for “rape and sexual assault involving the administration of a substance to the victim, without their knowledge, to impair their judgment or control their actions

Following an investigation, the 10 men were charged at an unspecified date.

The local Dernieres Nouvelles d’Alsace newspaper reported that at least one was not accused of being a participant but someone who received a video and did not report it to the authorities.

One of the main suspects k!lled himself while being held in pretrial detention in June last year, the prosecutor’s office said, without providing further details on his identity

The child is being looked after by his mother, from whom the father had separated before the alleged abuse, the prosecutor’s office said.

Chemsex—or the practice of turbocharging s3xual encounters with powerful drugs—has gripped parts of Europe’s gay community, raising red flags among doctors and campaigners.

The dangers of “chemical sex” are many, including addiction, overdose, and HIV infection, and the tally of victims appears to be mounting, they say.

AFP