Prosecutors have said Dominique Pelicot offered sex with his wife, Gisele Pelicot, on a website and filmed the abuse over several years.
Dominique Pelicot, the Frenchman accused of drugging his wife and recruiting dozens of strangers to rape her over a decade, has admitted to the various criminal charges he faces in a closely watched trial, French media reported.
Gisele Pelicot speaks to the media as she leaves the Avignon courthouse at the beginning of the trial. Her ex-husband is testifying on Tuesday.“I admit to the charges in their entirety,” Dominique Pelicot, 71, was cited as saying by BFM TV, whose reporter was present in the courthouse, adding: “I am a rapist just like all the others in this room.”
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