French man who drugged wife and invited dozens of men to rape her goes on trial

A view of the rooftops of Avignon, France. A man is accused of drugging his wife and then inviting dozens of men to rape her over almost a decade – the questions raised by the case have unsettled the country. — The New York Times

PARIS: For years, she had been losing hair and weight. She had started forgetting whole days, and sometimes appeared to be in dreamlike trances. Her children and friends worried she had Alzheimer’s.

But in late 2020, after she was summoned to a police station in southern France, she learned a far more shattering story.