A new collective complaint will be filed with the Paris prosecutor's office to support an ongoing investigation into possible failures or omissions that may have contributed to a scandal involving sexual violence in after-school care programs. This was announced by the group of complainants on Saturday, October 10. Approximately twenty families, whose children attended after-school programs at the Saint-Dominique (7th arrondissement) and Volontaires (15th arrondissement) schools in 2025 and 2026, are involved in the complaint. According to their lawyer, Me Louis Cailliez, the families are seeking to hold officials accountable for the harm their children may have faced. Their children were either victims of after-school care staff currently under investigation for rape and sexual assault at the Saint-Dominique school or were at risk due to the actions of these individuals. The new complaint, to be filed on Monday, targets several offenses, including endangering others, failure to report mistreatment or sexual assault, failure to assist a minor in danger, deliberate omission to prevent a crime, and perjury. Specifically, it challenges statements made by former mayor Anne Hidalgo to the Senate in mid-September. This complaint will join an existing investigation launched by Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau in early September, which targets current mayor Emmanuel Grégoire and his predecessor Anne Hidalgo, who served from 2014 to 2026. Other collective complaints have already contributed to the investigation. The new complaint names 14 individuals, including Emmanuel Grégoire, Anne Hidalgo, and Patrick Bloche, her first deputy from 2024 to 2026. It also implicates several officials from the city’s Department of School Affairs (Dasco) and the school district of the 7th and 15th arrondissements. Since the beginning of 2026, 195 after-school care staff have been suspended, with 74 of them suspended for suspected sexual violence against minors. On the criminal side, more than 230 investigations are currently underway in schools and daycare centers across the city. The mayor has announced a 20 million euro action plan to address what he calls “systemic” abuses. When the investigation was first announced in September, the mayor’s team stated that “the City and its services are at the disposal” of the judiciary. Anne Hidalgo’s lawyer, Me Patrick Klugman, assured that his client “would provide all necessary assistance” to the investigations while denying that any wrongdoing could be attributed to her. Me Louis Cailliez emphasized that the recognition of institutional failure by the former mayor does not mean that individuals who failed in their duties should escape criminal responsibility. He stated, “We are not talking about negligence without consequences, but about rapes of young children that should have been avoided.” The case highlights serious concerns about the safety and oversight of after-school care programs in Paris, as well as the potential legal and administrative responsibilities of city officials.