Six suspects were indicted and placed in pre-trial detention on Saturday "as part of a judicial investigation" following a preliminary investigation opened in mid-March.

The charges against them are: "trafficking in human beings against a minor, rape of a minor over 15, recourse to prostitution of a minor" and "sexual assault on a minor under 15 years “, we learned Monday from judicial sources and close to the file, confirming information from RTL.

Among them, Jacques Bouthier, 75, leader of the Assu 2000 group. The defendants are also suspected of "criminal association with a view to committing the crime of kidnapping and kidnapping in an organized gang and possession of child pornography images" , according to the same source.

"Captive" for 5 years of a wealthy man who raped her

According to a source close to the case quoted by the radio, a 22-year-old young woman presented herself to the Parisian police in March, explaining that for five years, she had been "captive" of a very wealthy man who raped her.

Becoming, according to him, “too old for him”, the young woman would have been forced to find a “replacement” to take over.

A 14-year-old girl then took her place in the apartment.

The complainant managed to film them together in a bed, before entrusting the video to the investigators.

At least seven young women, minors or young adults, would have succeeded in the apartment, according to RTL.

The CEO is suspected of having wanted to set up a team to kidnap the young woman, seize the video and force her to leave France, adds RTL.

For this, the septuagenarian would have asked his wife, two employees of his company, a young woman close to the complainant, as well as a former gendarme member of the GIGN.

All were charged and jailed on Saturday.

The investigation was entrusted to the Brigade for the protection of minors of the Parisian PJ.

The Assu 2000 group, founded in 1975 and headed by Jacques Bouthier, renamed Vilavi last January, presents itself as the "first expert broker in insurance and credit dedicated to individuals in France" and claims 1,800 employees and 163 million euros in turnover.

In 2020, the magazine Challenges placed the leader in 487th position in its ranking of the main fortunes of France, with an estate estimated at 160 million euros.

It dropped out of the rankings in 2021.

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  • Rape

  • Sequestration

  • Assurance

  • Indictment

  • Prostitution

  • Minor

  • Investigation