A High School Teacher in Normandy On Trial for Having had Sexual Relations with Three of His Students

A 54-year-old history and geography teacher is on trial at the Rouen criminal court this Thursday for sexual assault of a minor over 15 years old. He claims they were real love stories.

Guillaume Blavette, 54, is one activist known for his environmentalist stances and issues in the Rouen area (Seine-Maritime). This Thursday 4th December, he focuses attention on a completely different subject: the teacher of histoire-geographie is preparing to be tried by the Rouen criminal court for sexual abuse on a minor over 15 years old, committed by a person having authority over the victim”, reports France Bleu. Three of his students, high school (Lycee) students at the time of the events, are concerned. The oldest is now 23, the other two are 17.

It was after listening to her daughter’s confidences that the mother of the third victim filed a complaint at the end of September. She discovered on that day that the teacher was to be tried less than three weeks later for identical acts against two other young girls, committed between March and August 2019 for one and over the entire 2024-2025 school year. for the other.

The professor risks being banned from teaching

The professor was first placed under judicial supervision until the hearing, then finally taken to pre-trial detention on October 16th. Guillaume Blavette risks up to five years in prison and a fine of 45,000 euros.

The fifty-year-old says they were real love stories. However, even if agreed, teacher-student relationships are punishable by law as long as the victim is not over 18 years old. The teacher risks a temporary or even permanent ban on teaching. The rectorate has already suspended him since the 8th January.