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”

  • @[email protected]
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    78 hours ago

    Was “Those weak French, amirite?” trolling, or was it making fun of people who falsely call French people ‘weak’ as a form of nationalistic bigotry?

    I read it as the latter. “The French are still weak,” would be clear bigotry, the ‘amirite?’ makes me lean more towards making fun of them.

    Of course, we can’t definitively say due to the lack of clear tone in written language.

    • @CaptainSpaceman
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      25 hours ago

      You’re correct, evidently amirite wasnt sarcastic enough lol

      • @[email protected]
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        12 hours ago

        It’s ok, people with actual, functional reading comprehension read it the way you meant it

        Those who don’t require an /s, that is lol