Chemical submission and rape: in France, the extraordinary trial of Dominique Pélicot begins

Chemical submission and rape in France the extraordinary trial of

Chemical submission is at the heart of an extraordinary trial that opened on Monday, September 2 before the criminal court of Avignon, in the south of France. Dominique Pélicot is being prosecuted, in particular, for aggravated rape. This 71-year-old man is accused of having recruited strangers on the internet to rape his wife, after drugging her with anxiolytics. Fifty men are appearing alongside him, in a trial that is expected to last four months.

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