A 15-year-old said he had been kidnapped, sequestered and assaulted in a cellar. The investigation opened immediately came to dismantle the boy's version.
Faced with his contradictions, the teenager “broke down during the hearing,” says a source close to the case. He admitted to having invented everything. The “crime of imaginary denunciation” is punishable by six months’ imprisonment and a fine of 7,500 euros. The victim was allegedly targeted because of his supposed links with a neighborhood in Saint-Michel-sur-Orge.