Wednesday, September 04, 2024

Trial in France accuses husband of repeatedly drugging his wife, then recruiting strangers to rape her for almost 10 years

Usually, I do not report on crimes here, but this crime is so outrageous!

There are 50 suspects (rapists) in this case! Who are these men participating in such a crime.

It is hard to believe that the wife did no notice anything afterwards or had no suspicions.

This crime was only discovered by accident: "Dominique Pélicot’s activity came under scrutiny in 2020, after three women reported him for allegedly trying to film under their skirts, according to prosecutors. Police arrested him and seized his technological devices, where they found hundreds of photos and videos allegedly showing his wife being sexually assaulted by multiple men"

"... Prosecutors say that for nearly a decade Dominique Pélicot, 71, crushed sedating anti-anxiety medication into his wife’s dinners and used online platforms to invite men to sexually assault her in the couple’s home and other locations used by the family. ...
In an unusual move, the alleged victim, 72, asked that the trial take place in open court, stating that she wanted the world to know what had happened to her. ... And although The Post typically does not name victims of sex crimes, in this instance the woman asked to be identified by her married name, Gisèle Pélicot.

In court on Monday, she faced her now ex-husband and 50 other suspects police have charged as among those who assaulted her between 2011 and 2020. ...

Some of those charged claimed they thought the couple were swingers living out a sexual fantasy and did not know that the victim had not consented to the rapes. ...

According to Le Monde, investigators say the alleged victim was raped while unconscious at least 92 times by at least 72 people; they have identified and charged 51 of the suspects.  ...

Babonneau said his client had been unaware that she had been repeatedly raped but had experienced troubling symptoms, such as memory and hair loss, an inflamed cervix and pain in her abdomen. She suspected she might have Alzheimer’s or cancer ...
The abuse left her with at least four sexually transmitted diseases and other physical and psychological scars ..."

Trial in France accuses man of drugging wife, recruiting men to rape her - The Washington Post "The case of Dominique Pélicot, accused of repeatedly sedating his wife and inviting men to rape her while she was unconscious, has caused outrage in France."

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