A montage of the frontpages of some of of Britain's newspapers featuring reaction to the Gisele Pelicot rape trial case in London, on Dec 20, 2024. Authorities said the Coco.fr website had enabled Dominique Pelicot to recruit dozens of strangers to rape his heavily sedated wife from 2011 to 2020. — AP
PARIS: France on Jan 9 charged the founder of an adult website used to commit sexual offences, including by a French man who recruited dozens of strangers to rape his heavily sedated wife, prosecutors said.
Isaac Steidl, the founder and manager of the Coco.fr website, was charged with offences including administering an online platform to facilitate an illegal transaction by an organised gang, after his detention on Jan 7.
