A legal complaint has been filed by a group of families against the City of Paris and several of its officials, including current Mayor Emmanuel Grégoire and former Mayor Anne Hidalgo, over allegations of violence and sexual misconduct against children in the city’s after-school programs. The families, whose children attend schools in the IXe, XIe, and XVe arrondissements, are asking the justice system to investigate whether these officials knew about the problems in the programs and failed to act. The complaint was announced by a group of lawyers, including Maxime Delacarte, Elise Le Gall, Julia Basile, and Kathleen Taieb, and was submitted to the Paris prosecutor’s office on Friday. The complaint targets several individuals, including former Mayor Anne Hidalgo (2014–2026), current Mayor Emmanuel Grégoire, who took office in March 2026, and Patrick Bloche, who was responsible for school affairs at the City Hall and served as first deputy mayor under Anne Hidalgo until 2026. This legal action is distinct from other procedures already underway against animators suspected of sexually abusing children. Instead, it focuses on the City of Paris and its officials as the "organizers and operators of after-school time" in primary schools. The complaint mentions charges such as deliberate endangerment of others, failure to assist someone in danger, and failure to report violations involving children, some of whom were as young as two to four years old. According to the complainants, the City of Paris and officials from its Department of School Affairs (Dasco) were aware of the dysfunction through reports from families, some of which were kept internal, and "documented long-term alerts," but did not take necessary measures, such as suspending the involved staff, informing families, or reporting to the courts. The complainants argue that city officials were aware of the "systemic nature of the danger," especially since the spring of 2025, when the first cases emerged. Emmanuel Grégoire, who served as Anne Hidalgo’s deputy for ten years, left City Hall in the summer of 2024 to become a member of parliament. The number of animators suspended by the city for sexual misconduct—20 in 2025 and 52 since the beginning of 2026—suggests that the highest levels of the municipal executive were aware of the extent and recurrence of the phenomenon. The city officials, they argue, could not have "ignored the reality and severity of the risk" and should have "immediately adopted protective measures." Barka Zerouali, spokesperson for MeTooEcole, said that beyond individual cases, these facts reveal a "systemic cover-up that has taken root within the City of Paris." The legal action highlights concerns about the management and oversight of after-school programs and raises questions about the transparency and accountability of city officials in addressing serious allegations against staff.