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Suicide of Evaëlle: her parents request a trial so that their daughter is “officially recognized as a victim of harassment”
Evaëlle’s suicide: her parents request a trial so that their daughter is “officially recognized as a victim of harassment” – (franceinfo)
This is a first in France: a prosecutor is demanding that a teacher be tried before the criminal court for student harassment. In June 2019, in Val-d’Oise, Evaëlle, 11 years old, killed herself by hanging.
Evaëlle Dupuis was only 11 years old when she committed suicide in 2019. A sixth-grade student in a college in Val-d’Oise, Evaëlle was allegedly the target of repeated insults and violence by others. students. A hatred stirred up by his French teacher, according to the Pontoise prosecutor. Pascale B. is accused of having harassed her for several months. For the young girl’s parents, the teacher’s responsibility is beyond doubt.
Proven acts of harassment
“There were two events where the teacher came back and put Evaëlle on a platform in front of the whole class. She had to explain why she felt harassed. (…) She was booed, mocked, mocked. She was crying. The teacher asked her to stop crying to answer the questions“, relates Marie Dupuis, the victim’s mother. According to investigators, the facts are now proven. At the time, the little girl’s parents hit a wall. They now hope to obtain a trial. Evaëlle’s mother particularly wants her to be “officially recognized as a victim of harassment“.
If the investigating judge follows the prosecution’s requisitions – the decision should be known by the end of March – the teacher will be tried before the criminal court.
