A 46-year-old man was brought before the appeals court in Toulouse, southern France, today for sexually assaulting his wife after drugging her, a case that has attracted attention because it resembles the case of Giselle Pelicot. The 46-year-old is accused of sexually assaulting his wife between 2019-2022, after first drugging her with Zolpidem, a powerful hypnotic, and filming the assaults. In the first instance, he was sentenced in June to four years in prison by the court for “sexual assault by introducing a substance to the victim” and “invasion of privacy” by recording images. “My client is a person who has been the victim of years of physical and psychological violence on the part of his own wife,” Neli Mazenti, his lawyer, said before the hearing, clarifying to AFP that the woman “has admitted that was hitting him.” During his testimony to the court, the man claimed that he “originally” ordered the sleeping pills in order to […]
Source: News Beast
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