Disney and Pixar animator accused of paying for rape of children

Gggrrrr...😡 Telegraph 10/29/24: An animator for Disney and Pixar orchestrated rapes of young girls in the Philippines that were livestreamed to his devices in France and the US, a court heard on Tuesday.

Bolhem Bouchiba, 59 – whose film credits include Ratatouille, Up and The Incredibles – is accused of ordering livestreams of more than 1,000 acts of sexual and physical abuse.

The father of two boys appeared in a Paris criminal court on Tuesday on charges of complicity in repeated rapes and sexual assaults on minors, human trafficking and child pornography offences.

He faces life imprisonment if convicted.

The victims in the Philippines ranged in age from as young as three to 15.

The offences are alleged to have taken place between 2012 and 2021 when the graphic designer lived in the west of France and the US.