Ballets roses

The ballets roses ("pink ballets"), also known as the ballets roses affair (French: Affaire des Ballets roses), was a sex abuse scandal that was publicised in 1959 in France. In a fashionable country house near Paris, the Pavillon du Butard in La Celle-Saint-Cloud, belonging to the National Assembly, a group of girls aged 15 to 17 performed "ballets" attended by prominent figures of the political and social worlds, notably, André Le Troquer, at the time president of the National Assembly. The performances were alleged to have ended in orgies.Manheim, Ralph (1972) English translation of Nord by Louis-Ferdinand Céline.

The scandal came to light when four mothers of the girls became suspicious.{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=auITAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4wQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2105,5400615&dq=andr%C3%A9-le-troquer&hl=en|title=Ocala Star-Banner - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com|access-date=2018-09-04}} 23 people were charged in relation to the ballets roses, including Le Troquer, who was charged with "offences against morality",{{Cite web|url=https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-apr-04-1960-ballets-rose-trial-opens-in-paris-23-prominent-people-69363828.html|title=Stock Photo - Apr. 04, 1960 - Ballets Rose Trial Opens in Paris: 23 Prominent People Involved in Vice Scandal Twenty three prominent people involved in one of the biggest post war vice|last=Limited|first=Alamy|website=Alamy|language=en|access-date=2018-09-04}}{{Cite news |url=http://news.google.ca/newspapers?id=YK0yAAAAIBAJ&sjid=teoFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2227,254381&dq=andr%C3%A9-le-troquer&hl=en |title=The Miami News - Google News Archive Search |date=2012-07-12 |work= |access-date=2018-09-04 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712202744/http://news.google.ca/newspapers?id=YK0yAAAAIBAJ&sjid=teoFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2227,254381&dq=andr%C3%A9-le-troquer&hl=en |archive-date=12 July 2012 |url-status=dead}} as well as actress Elisabeth Pinajeff. 22, including Le Troquer and Pinajeff, were found guilty and sentenced in court.