In Grenoble, prosecutor Etienne Manteaux revealed that a 79-year-old former educator, Jacques Leveugle, was charged in 2024 with aggravated rape and sexual assault.
He was charged in 2024 with aggravated rape and sexual assault. It involved 89 minors.
The alleged crimes span an astonishing timeline — from 1967 to 2022.
They stretch across Germany, Switzerland, Morocco, Niger, Algeria, the Philippines, India, Colombia, and even New Caledonia.
Leveugle, born in 1946 in Annecy, worked in varied roles: French teacher, freelance instructor, even a speleology guide — that’s cave exploration.
Suspect’s Abuse Files
According to Manteaux, the number of alleged victims comes from the suspect’s own writings, stored on a USB drive.
The files, described as “15 tomes,” reportedly detail what he referred to as “sexual relations” with minors aged 13 to 17.
The discovery? It wasn’t a police raid. It was his nephew, who began questioning his uncle’s “emotional and sexual life,” and stumbled upon the device.
In an unusual move, prosecutors publicly named the suspect and urged other potential victims to come forward.
After more than five decades of alleged abuse, the case raises a stark question: how many stories are still waiting to be told?
