A French judge has reversed a ruling in the trial of a man who is accused of drugging his wife to sleep and recruiting dozens of men to abuse her for over a decade.

Lawyers for Gisèle Pelicot, 72, had earlier appealed against the judge’s initial decision to only show video of the crimes to lawyers and the jury.

She has waived her right to anonymity in the trial, enabling the shocking details of the case to be heard in public.

Her lawyers argued the video should be seen to draw attention to the use of drugs to commit sexual abuse. They hailed the latest ruling as a “victory”

  • Kalkaline
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    141 month ago

    They might have been steamrolled in back to back world wars, but they used to be a threat to takeover the world.

    • @Donkter
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      141 month ago

      Also internally they’ve had some of the most badass revolutions.

    • @[email protected]
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      111 month ago

      steamrolled in back to back world wars

      The French definitely won WWI, do they not teach history in schools anymore?

      • @acosmichippo
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        121 month ago

        depends what time you’re talking about. napoleon fucked shit up.

      • NoneOfUrBusiness
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        -11 month ago

        No? The Spain’s heyday was a completely different time period from France and Britain’s, and during the Napoleonic wars France was first place and lost on foreign policy.