A man in France is accused of drugging his wife every night and then inviting men to rape her. According to a report in The Telegraph, the shocking practice with the unsuspecting woman lasted 10 years, during which researchers identified 92 rape cases. Fifty-one of those men — aged between 26 and 73 — have been arrested and charged with rape and police are looking for others, the outlet said. Among them are a firefighter, a truck driver, a city councillor, an IT worker at a bank, a prison officer, a nurse and a journalist.
The French man, identified as Dominique P by The Telegraphallegedly committed the attacks after mixing the anti-anxiety drug lorazepam into his wife’s meal.
He then invited the so-called “guests” to their home in Mazan, France, to perform sexual acts with the sleeping woman, whom the outlet refers to as Francoise.
The report also claimed that Dominique would record the attacks and keep the footage on a USB stick in a file called “ABUSES”, which is now with the police.
Police said the alleged rapes took place between 2011 and 2020 and most of the men returned multiple times.
Dominique was married to Francois for more than 50 years and the couple have three children, according to police.
The Telegraph said he came into contact with the men on a depraved internet forum called “a son insu” (“without him/her knowing”) in which members discuss performing sexual acts with their unwitting, hence non-consensual partners, often drugged.
According to investigators, Dominique had banned tobacco and perfume to avoid strong odors that could cause his wife to wake up. He also asked the men to wash their hands in hot water to avoid sudden changes in temperature, to undress in the kitchen to avoid leaving clothes in the bathroom, to park their vehicles near a school and in the walking to the house in the dark to avoid waking the neighbors. suspicion.
While speaking to investigators, some claimed they had no idea his wife wasn’t consensual, while one denied it was rape, saying, “It’s his wife, he does what he wants with her.”
French newspaper Le monde quoted prosecutors as saying Dominique “never used force or threats” to ensure the rapes happened, adding: “Each individual was in possession of their free will to stop these acts and leave.”
He stressed that none of the attackers “gave up on having sex with his wife in view of her condition.”
Police learned of the alleged rape videos during a 2020 preliminary investigation into Dominique after he was suspected of using a hidden camera to film women in changing rooms.
When the woman was told about the tapes, she collapsed and struggled with depression. The woman later filed for divorce.