Alain, wrongly accused of pedophilia: "I was sure to be screwed"

2021-10-12T03:08:05.598Z

The life of Alain, 56 years old, capsizes the day when an abominable rumor spreads in his commune of Pas-de-Calais… Parents of pupils of the nursery school headed by his wife accuse him of pedophilia. Very quickly, the judicial machine gets carried away. Despite his innocence, Alain is taken into police custody and pre-trial detention. The man is far from suspecting the fate reserved for pedophiles in prison ... He will remain 380 days in detention. In 2006, he was finally cleared by justice, but this affair continues to haunt him ... How can one stand firm when one is wrongly accused? How can men and women who lead normal lives, like Alain, get caught up in an infernal cycle overnight? In this episode of `` Dans les Yeux d'Olivier '', the podcast adapted by Europe 1 Studio,Alain and his wife entrust their story to Olivier Delacroix. They tell of their ordeal in the face of the rage of the inhabitants of their village.