the four college students implicated found guilty of harassment, but not of the suicide of the teenager

The Epinal children’s court found guilty, Monday, June 5, four college students from Golbey (Vosges) of school harassment towards Lucas, 13, who killed himself on January 7. Justice did not, however, hold their responsibility for the suicide of the teenager. At the hearing, which was held behind closed doors on April 3, the prosecution had not requested recognition of the harassment as the cause of the suicide, thus contradicting its own conclusions made at the end of the investigation.

Provisional educational measures have been pronounced against the four college students pending the next hearing which will decide on their sanctions, set for January 22, 2024. They face up to 18 months in prison.

Lucas, 13, committed suicide on January 7, after writing a note expressing his desire to end his life. The teenager’s relatives had denounced acts of harassment, revealing the mockery and homophobic insults of which he had said he was the victim from other students at his college.