A 34 -year -old man has acknowledged having raped and engraving about 15 women Following a pattern similar to Dominique Pélicot with his wife Gisèle, as AFP has reported. The man has been accused of rape with substances.
The defendant remains in judicial custody and has confessed that he raped his victims “after Manage Alprazolam (A tranquilizer) “, according to the Prosecutor’s Office of Montpellier after confirming the initial information of the Midi Libre Regional newspaper.
Among violated women, a fortnight, There were minors. The defendant has justified the facts claiming that he acted “under the effects of cocaine.” The man had no criminal record, he was a landscape by profession and entered provisional prison on March 14.
The defendant drugged the victims with tranquilizers
On January 24, two women went to the Gendarmerie of Saint-Jean de Védas after having been with this man. One of them said he had had coffee with him a few days before. At a given time, the defendant asked for paracetamol because it hurt. The woman went to look for the pill, delivered it and after a while suddenly lost memory And the next thing he remembers is that he was lying in his bed.
The woman went to the hospital and the urine exams that they performed demonstrated the presence of benzodiazepine in urine. At that time he declared that he was not receiving any type of treatment.
The other woman reported similar facts and the researchers discovered A previous complaint Against this man October 2024.
An antecedent: the case of Gièle Pelicot
This event occurs after Gisèle Pelicot case that shocked everyone and raised as a symbol against sexist violence. Gisèle was raped by more than 50 men since her husband Dominique was previously drugged.
Dominique met these men online and began to drug his wife in 2011. The trial began in September and was finally sentenced to 20 years in prison. The rest of the defendants received sentences between four and 18 years.
