A teacher from Indre-et-Loire has been indicted for possession of child pornography images, Tours public prosecutor Delphine Amacher said on Friday.
According to the prosecution, confirming information from RTL, the man was placed under judicial supervision with a ban on contact with minors.
The date of this indictment has not been specified.
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From a source close to the investigation, the 44-year-old teacher had downloaded 50,000 images.
According to the prosecution, which did not wish to give more details, the downloaded images did not, however, all contain child pornography content.