French prosecutors have launched an investigation into the reappearance of a website known for facilitating the crimes of Dominique Pelicot, who recruited dozens of strangers to rape his wife Gisèle Pelicot.
Its precursor, Coco.gg, was an unmoderated platform offering registration-free access to chatrooms with French authorities linking it to sexual abuse of children, drug offences, rape and murder.
It was shut in 2024 after being cited in more than 23,000 reports of criminal activity, according to the Paris prosecutor's office.
Its founder Isaac Steidl was charged with several crimes, including possession and distribution of child pornography, in January 2025. He denies the charges.
Since early April, at least two similarly named websites with a near identical designs to the original Coco platform reappeared online.
