Jacques Leveugle

Jacques Leveugle, a 79-year-old former teacher, is at the center of an international investigation due to allegations of widespread sexual abuse. He is accused of raping and sexually assaulting 89 children across five continents, with the alleged crimes spanning from the 1960s until 2022. Leveugle has been in pretrial detention in France since April 2025. French police in Grenoble have made a rare international appeal for potential victims and witnesses to come forward, describing him as a "textbook example" of a serial sexual offender. The Grenoble prosecutor named Leveugle publicly to encourage potential victims to report incidents. The case is significant due to the large number of alleged victims, the international scope of the alleged crimes, and the long duration of the alleged abuse.