At the end of September 2021, the authorities arrested a husband who delivered his wife to men he met on the internet. 47 defendants with various profiles were arrested. They plead ignorance despite some very heavy elements.
Tuesday, September 28, 2021, several men were arrested in the south of France. They are accused of raping a sexagenarian who had previously been drugged by her husband, according to The Parisian. Facts that had lasted since 2013 and took place at night, in a pavilion located in the countryside of Mazan, in the Vaucluse. The woman was put to sleep by a cocktail of drugs, and therefore chemically submissive, and thought she had simple absences. In all, 47 men with diverse social profiles have to be apprehended, we learn this Tuesday, November 9, 2021 in Le Parisien. Aged 23 to 72 years old, with relational statuses ranging from single to father, they are journalist, candidate for municipal elections, plumber, soldier …
All plead ignorance as to the state of chemical submission of women and say they believed in a libertine sexual game. Some only went to the couple’s home once, others returned up to 5 times. Among the 47 indicted, some were contacted directly by the husband via the site where he “proposed” his wife. The lawyer for one of the men accused of rape speaks of the husband as a “great pervert who knew how to manipulate men who thought they were between consenting adults“.
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Before the rapes, a scrupulously prepared protocol
Their knowledge of the victim’s condition is central to the investigation. According to all these men, the question of consent did not arise: if the husband agreed, he had “authority”.
Some videos are overwhelming: we see the men hiding during the wife’s micro-alarm clocks, or the husband whispering in the men’s ear especially not to make noise. In addition, the husband had implemented a protocol not to leave traces: men should not park in front of the house, notify by phone of their arrival, do not wear perfume, nor smell cigarettes, wash well. hands…
They are now at risk of being convicted of rape. As for the husband, his acts present aggravating circumstances. Indeed, the fact of raping a person is punishable by 15 years in prison, to which could be added 5 years in prison and a 75,000 euros fine, for administration without the knowledge of a person of a substance of such nature. to alter their judgment or control over their actions, in order to commit rape or sexual assault.