French Man Faces Trial for Recruiting 50 Men Who Raped Unconscious Wife

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In a case that has shocked France, a 71-year-old man identified as Dominique P. has gone on trial for the repeated drugging, raping, and facilitating the rape of his wife by dozens of strangers over the course of a decade. The crimes, which have horrified the nation due to their sheer scale and depravity, allegedly involved the participation of 72 men, of whom 50 have been identified, charged, and are standing trial alongside Dominique P.

 

Dominique P. is accused of recruiting strangers online to come to his home and sexually assault his wife, who was sedated to the point of unconsciousness, according to her lawyers. The victim, now 72 years old, only became aware of the horrific abuse in 2020 after police informed her. Her lawyer, Antoine Camus, described the trial as "a horrible ordeal" for the victim, as it will be the first time she is confronted with video evidence of the abuse she endured over the years. "For the first time, she will have to live through the rapes that she endured over 10 years," Camus told AFP news agency.

 

The investigation into Dominique P. began after a security guard caught him secretly filming under the skirts of three women in a shopping center in September 2020. This incident led police to search his computer, where they discovered hundreds of pictures and videos of his wife in which she appeared unconscious. These images allegedly depict dozens of sexual assaults that took place in the couple's home, beginning in 2011.

 

Further investigation revealed that Dominique P. had used an online chat room to recruit strangers to come to his home and rape his wife. He admitted to giving his wife powerful tranquilizers, including an anxiety-reducing drug, to keep her unconscious during the assaults. Prosecutors allege that Dominique P. not only participated in the rapes but also filmed them and encouraged the other men with degrading language. No money is believed to have changed hands in these arrangements.

 

The accused rapists, aged between 26 and 74, come from various walks of life. While most of them participated only once, some allegedly took part in the assaults up to six times. Their defense claims that they were helping a couple live out their fantasies, but Dominique P. told investigators that everyone involved knew his wife had been drugged without her knowledge. An expert who examined the case stated that her state during the assaults "was closer to a coma than to sleep."

 

Dominique P.'s lawyer, Beatrice Zavarro, told AFP that her client, who has also been charged with a 1991 murder and rape (which he denies) and an attempted rape in 1999 (which he admitted after DNA testing), is prepared to face "his family and his wife" during the trial. The trial, which is being held at Parc des Expositions in Avignon, southern France, is expected to continue until December 20th.

 

On the opening day of the trial, the victim arrived at the court supported by her three children. Despite the option to have the trial held behind closed doors, her lawyer explained that she chose a public trial to prevent giving her attackers the privacy they might have preferred.

 

 

Credit: BBC 2024-09-05

 

 

 

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[Tug]

Yeiks there’s one sick perv.wow!

[tandor]

1 hour ago, Tug said:

Yeiks there’s one sick perv.wow!

surely you mean 50

[pgrahmm]

Heinous, almost beyond comprehension.....

[Bundooman]

This is one case where the husband, vile and loathsome creature that he is, fully deserves the most heinous, and most sadistic torture and abuse, to be used repetitiously to punish him on a daily basis, for a period of years into the future. 

 

Even then, he would not suffer as this poor woman has in this almost unbelievable and repugnant criminal act imposed upon her by him and dozens of other, like-minded animals.

[Felton Jarvis]

Torture is immoral and illegal but I would not be opposed to the death penalty for this animal. Take him out of the gene pool by lethal injection.

[maesariang]

72 others are sick too.

[This Guy]

Re-instate the guillotine (or a miniature pen!le size)

 

Edited September 7 by This Guy
added emphasis