Regina Louf, born in Ghent, Belgium, testified as witness [[Regina Louf]] in the [[Marc Dutroux]] investigation, providing accounts of child prostitution from the 1970s onward. Raised by her grandmother [[Cecile Beernaert]], Louf claimed Beernaert operated a brothel at a hotel-villa in Knokke-Heist, using Louf and other girls for sexual acts with clients including politicians and businessmen. Beernaert, a former police commissioner's widow, ran the brothel at Elizabetlaan 83, [[Knokke-Heist]], behind Golfpad 4, near the [[Royal Zoute Golf Club]], where Louf was forced into services from age two, performing with other children under threat of beatings with a metal ruler or gun. Louf stated her grandmother filmed acts and used the basement studio for pornography production. At age 12, Louf was sold to pimp [[Tony Van den Boggaert]], a family acquaintance, who leased her to [[Michel Nihoul]]'s parties in Brussels, where Dutroux supplied girls and drugs. Louf's memories surfaced during therapy in the 1990s, leading her to contact authorities after Dutroux's arrest in 1996, under pseudonym to protect her identity.[^1] Louf described childhood at the Knokke brothel, where Beernaert hosted clients at the Royal Zoute Golf Club, including [[Paul Vanden Boeynants]], who raped her in a bedroom, and Counts [[Count Leopold Lippens]] and [[Count Maurice Auguste Lippens]], who participated in hunts in the Ardennes where children were chased naked through woods. She claimed witnessing the 1984 murder of [[Christine Van Hees]] at a Brussels factory farm, describing the 19-year-old's torture with wire ligatures from neck to ankles and burns from a blowtorch before being set on fire by Dutroux, Nihoul, [[Bernard Weinstein|Weinstein]], and lawyer [[Michel Vander Elst]]. Louf identified "Clo" as [[Carine Dellaert]], raped and murdered in 1983 after giving birth at a house, with Louf assisting the delivery before assaults by Nihoul, Dumont, and Lippens, matching Dellaert's autopsy findings of laminaria sticks and gauze for cervical dilation. Louf detailed another victim, "Katrien," as [[Katrien de Cuyper]], strangled at a castle in 1991 during a party. She described parties at [[Avenue Louise]] mansion with built-in cameras capturing sex and violence for blackmail, where contracts were signed over meals or post-act, binding participants in business and politics.[^1] Louf's testimonies emerged in September 1996 interviews with [[Jean-Marc Connerotte]] and [[Michel Bourlet]], where she provided maps and descriptions matching unreleased police files. Diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder, Louf recalled memories through therapy, detailing over a dozen murders at parties escalating to snuff films at the [[ASCO]] factory owned by [[Roger Boas]]. She identified X2 as a party mistress and [[Chantal Storme]] as a childhood friend also abused at the brothel, confirmed by Storme in 1997 testimony of mutual sexual acts and threats from [[Cecile Beernaert]]. Louf claimed her grandmother's WW2-era brothel catered to Nazi officers, continuing post-war with elites, where Louf was branded and forced into acts with dogs. She identified a 1982 snuff film victim as [[Veronique Dubrulle]], whose father administered a cinema company, [[Decatron NV]], with Louf naming attendees including her father and the Bert brothers. Louf described her DID as a coping mechanism, with personalities switching under stress, but her details on Van Hees included the ligature method and burn locations not publicly known.[^1] ### X-Dossier Testimony Louf's statements to Bourlet's team detailed the progression of parties from sex to violence, with children used as incentives for contracts among businessmen and politicians. She described being trafficked to Amsterdam brothels and [[G-Force]] nightclub, where Nihoul's partner [[Marleen De Cokere]] worked, and witnessing deliveries to clients via Dutroux. The X-Dossier, compiled from September 1996, included Louf's maps leading to the Sterrebeek factory near Brussels, where she described a cleaning product smell and blood spots from snuff productions. Bourlet's investigators verified the location as ASCO Industries NV. Louf identified photographs of abuse venues and participants, including a villa in Faulx-les-Tombes used for orgies. She recounted a 1981 incident where she and Dellaert were driven to a house for rape after childbirth, with the baby taken, aligning with Dellaert's disappearance from Ghent.[^1] Louf identified a fourth victim from photos as Veronique Dubrulle, murdered in 1982, whose father Jacques Dubrulle administered Decatron NV, with Louf naming Joost and Albert Bert as participants. Dubrulle's death certificate listed neurologists Louf identified as abusers. Louf described hunts at Lippens' estates, where children stripped progressively before final abuse or killing, with two to three deaths per event in October-November. She claimed these occurred in wooded areas near Namur and Bouillon, with guards preventing escape. Louf's pimp Tony introduced her to Nihoul's circuit, where she performed at the Dolo nightclub and chateau events, with drugs and escalating violence binding attendees through mutual compromise.[^1] The X-Dossier team noted Louf's DID but proceeded with verification, finding her Van Hees description matched closed files, including a basement room with a bicycle matching witness accounts. Louf identified Nihoul and Vander Elst from photos as present at the murder, with Weinstein and Dutroux as actors. For Dellaert, Louf described the house and participants, confirmed by autopsy details of recent birth and rape trauma. Her testimony included a 1984 party where Christine was killed, with Louf locked in another room during the act. Louf's book "Zwijgen is voor daders" published in 1998 detailed these experiences, asserting the network's existence.[^1] ### Aftermath and Criticism Louf's identity was leaked as Regina Louf in 1997, leading to public discreditation as a fantasist suffering from false memory syndrome, with media portraying her as unreliable due to DID. The 2004 trial barred X-witness testimonies, citing lack of corroboration, though Bourlet's summary leaked in 2009 via Wikileaks detailed her claims. Louf's details matched elements like the Van Hees ligature and Dellaert's tools, but the court favored the syndrome theory. She identified X4 as another child prostitute and Chantal as abused with her at the Knokke brothel, where they were forced into acts before clients. Louf claimed threats to her life if she spoke, and post-leak, she faced harassment, continuing advocacy through her book and interviews.[^1] Bourlet's team exonerated of fabrication in 1999, but the damage persisted, with the X-Dossier's 1997 leak to journalists leading to the 1999 book "The X-Files." Louf's accounts connected to [[Spartacus International]] via Dumont and CRIES, with Heylens listing Brongersma and Meier. Post-trial, Louf lived under protection, her testimony influencing independent probes into cold cases. The 2004 acquittal of Nihoul on kidnapping despite evidence from [[Michelle Martin]] and Lelievre highlighted barriers for witnesses like Louf. Her revelations detailed a network using hypnosis and trauma, tying to [[MKUltra]] concepts of mind control through dissociation.[^1] Louf's later life involved therapy and public speaking on trauma recovery, with no criminal charges against her. Her DID diagnosis came under scrutiny in the trial, but she maintained her recollections' accuracy, corroborated by elements like the Van Hees wrist nail and Dellaert's pregnancy. The case closed without prosecuting named elites, leaving Louf's testimony as key to the X-Dossier's legacy in exposing alleged protections for figures like [[Melchior Wathelet]] and Vanden Boeynants.[^1] ### Footnotes [^1]: Dovey, S. (2023). Eye of the Chickenhawk. United States: Thehotstar.