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Jacques Leveugle, a 79-year-old French man, was charged in Grenoble for aggravated rape and sexual assault of 89 minors across multiple countries.
Prosecutor Etienne Manteaux revealed the identity of the suspect, Jacques Leveugle, born in 1946 in Annecy, an Alpine town an hour's drive away from Grenoble. (ICI Isère/X)
A 79-year-old French man has been charged for aggravated rape and sexual assault committed against 89 minors between 1967 and 2022, the prosecutors said on Tuesday while revealing his identity for the first time.
AFP quoted the prosecutor’s office in the southeastern city of Grenoble saying that the probe revealed the man, who has been in custody since his indictment, also confessed to suffocating his terminally ill mother with a pillow in the 1970s and then his elderly aunt in the 1990s.
The prosecutors further said they have publicised the case with the aim to urge witnesses and any other potential victims to come forward.
AFP quoted prosecutor Etienne Manteaux revealing the identity of the suspect, Jacques Leveugle, born in 1946 in Annecy, an Alpine town an hour’s drive away from Grenoble.
He has been in custody since his indictment in 2024.
The accused has been booked for crimes against the minors in Germany, Switzerland, Morocco, Niger, Algeria, the Philippines, India, Colombia, and the French overseas territory of New Caledonia, where he worked as a freelance teacher and instructor, Manteaux said.
During the period of crimes, he donned various roles such as instructor of speleology, or the science of caves, and French teacher.
According to AFP, the number of victims was established from writings compiled on a USB drive by the man, which refer to “sexual relations" with minors aged 13 to 17.
The USB drive was found by his nephew, who was “questioning his uncle’s emotional and sexual life," Manteaux said, adding that it has document of “15 tomes".
During the investigation, the accused confessed to having suffocated his mother, who was a terminally cancer patient, with a pillow in the 1970s, the prosecutor told reporters.
He had also suffocated his 92-year-old aunt “while she was asleep" – also with a pillow – in the 1990s, the prosecutor said.
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February 10, 2026, 18:21 IST
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