Teacher accused of rape after affair with 14-year-old schoolgirl

New news item in France and not the least, since a teacher from the private Catholic high school Saint-Michel in Annecy is accused of raping a minor under the age of 15. Indeed, the 37-year-old man was sent back to the Haute-Savoie Assize Court following his affair with a student, as revealed by the Annecy prosecutor’s office. As the newspaper explains 20 minutesthe order of indictment, which follows the requisitions of the prosecution, was issued on October 10 by an investigating judge, indicated the public prosecutor of Annecy, confirming information revealed by the weekly l ‘Savoyard development. The facts date from between July 1 and September 6, 2021. The literature, Latin and Greek teacher, then 36 years old, would have had sex with a 14 year old college girl. always according to 20 minutesaccording to a source familiar with the matter, the two would have had exchanges of “high intellectual content“by email for several months from the confinement at the end of 2020, before their reports evolved into”love relationship“.

Rape despite consent

Indeed, according to the hearings, it would be “ofa relationship that could give the impression of a consent“, as indicated by the prosecutor of Annecy, Line Bonnet. But within the framework of the law of April 21, 2021 aimed at protecting minors from crimes and sexual offenses and incest, voted a few months before this case “there is rape when the minor is under 15 and there is an age difference of more than 10 years. The question of consent no longer arises. There is a presumption of non-consent“Explains the Annecy magistrate. The parents of the teenager filed a complaint in September 2021 after discovering their daughter’s exchanges with the teacher. A judicial investigation was immediately opened. Incarcerated at the start of the investigation, the accused – who acknowledges the facts – has since been released under judicial supervision. He faces up to 20 years in prison.