A former Isidore Newman School teacher who has been arrested multiple times in connection with an investigation linked to child sexual abuse material was indicted this week.
On Wednesday, Benoit Cransac was indicted on five counts of child sexual abuse material under the age of 13, 20 counts of child sexual abuse material under the age of 17, 17 counts of video voyeurism of a child under the age of 17, and 60 counts of unlawful deepfakes of minors.
Cransac was first arrested in January and has been jailed ever since. He is being held without bond.
He was arrested earlier this year by Louisiana State Police Bureau of Investigation agents on the Isidore Newman School campus.
Cransac, a French national with legal residence in the United States, remains in custody at the Orleans Justice Center.
His arraignment date has not been set at this time.
Earlier reports:
Court records show that an investigation began into Cransac’s activity in August 2025 after agents received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that led to the arrest.
Records show Google identified 12 files associated with Cransac online. The images, which depicted inappropriate pictures of girls, were dated March 2025.
Google provided the user information associated with the files, which was Cransac’s email.
Investigators were able to trace the IP address to his wife’s Cox Communications account.
Court records show images of Cransac described as “selfies” were found in his Google account, which were then compared to his French passport and his marriage license to confirm his identity.
Investigators also found an additional 14 images and one video in his account that were not included in the original tip.
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