“A child who hasn’t experienced something like that doesn’t say things like that”: how testimonies about pedophilia turn a French village upside down | TV

TVOutreau, a small village in the north of France, was rocked in 2000 when more than 20 children exposed an alleged pedophile network. It started with one family, but resulted in as many as eighteen arrests. However, thirteen accused were ultimately acquitted after a surprising revelation in court. Did the victims make it all up? Or is a gang of pedophiles now unjustly at large? Netflix digs for the truth in the new docuseries ‘The Outreau Case: A French Nightmare’.