MATCH INFO – Death of Lucas: the administrative investigation concludes that it was harassment

“Lucas was indeed the victim of harassment within his college. » These are the conclusions of the administrative investigation commissioned by the Ministry of National Education following the suicide of the 13-year-old teenager on January 7, 2023. “The rector of the Nancy-Metz academy received us on Wednesday December 11 to tell us, explains Catherine Faivre, the lawyer for Séverine Vermard, the boy’s mother. We will ask that the results of the investigation be included in our request for cassation. »

Indeed, the four teenagers whom Lucas had designated as his harassers were acquitted on appeal after being found guilty of harassment at first instance, without the causality between the harassment and the suicide having been established.

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Lucas had been the victim of harassment by four students at his college in Golbey on the outskirts of Epinal because of his homosexuality. “It was a flood of insults. Despite my reports, no measures had been taken to protect him,” denounces the mother who has since created an association LUNAH (freedom unity not to harassment) to fight against all forms of harassment.