French man jailed for drugging wife and getting her raped over 10 years

A 68-year-old man has been jailed in France after police discovered that he had drugged his wife for years so she might be raped by strangers while he filmed the assaults, officials said Wednesday.

A total of 45 suspects are identified in an inquiry launched nearly a year ago within the southern city of Avignon, after the husband was caught trying to film underneath women’s skirts during a store.

“It’s rare to possess such a lot evidence during a rape case. Here we’ve everything detailed, albeit the victim, who was unconscious during the rapes, doesn’t remember anything,” said commissioner Jeremie Bosse Platiere.

“It’s also unusual due to how long they were administered (from 2010 to 2020) and therefore the number of offenders,” he said, adding that the husband had filmed all the rapes.

The woman, who is additionally in her sixties, only discovered the assaults when alerted by police, he added.

The videos were found on the husband’s computer along side messages posted on casual sex meeting sites, inviting people to require advantage of his wife while she was knocked out by anti-anxiety drugs.

Those accused of rape home in age from 24 to 71.

“He (the husband) would put her on the bed naked and warm up the space so she wouldn’t awaken . The individuals would then tiptoe in and whisper, and if the victim moved in the least they might leave,” Bosse Platiere said.

The husband and 32 other men are in custody and nine more are being questioned, he said.