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A man on trial in France for drugging his wife and inviting dozens of men to rape her over a decade told a criminal psychologist that his wife was to blame for his actions because she wouldn't go swinging with him. 

Dominique Pelicot, 71, was excused from sitting through today's hearing after his lawyer told the trial judge that he had suffered 'medical problems' over the past 48 hours for which he had not received 'adequate treatment'.

But psychologist Annabelle Montagne told the court in Avignon this morning that she interviewed the retired electrician in December 2020 - a month and a half after he was taken into custody - where he admitted to carrying out the campaign of abuse of his wife Gisele.

'Pelicot said: ''My wife and I had a discussion about swinging but she didn't agree so I drugged her'',' the psychologist recounted.

Madame Montagne said Pelicot maintained he loved his wife, but she added: 'He sees his partner as an object to satisfy his sexual and narcissistic needs. His wife is then a partial object and no longer an object of total love.'

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Jesus fucking Christ how horrifying

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

Fuck that rapist.

But on something this sensitive, I’d appreciate a better source than the daily fail.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Can we do better than linking to the fucking Daily Mail?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Are there any uk press materials that aren't trash? Every time I hear of one of your papers it's tabloid garbage

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Not many. The BBC is great for world news but very pro-establishment for UK news. The Guardian is tolerable.

[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

This is how rapists justify their actions. With disgusting remarks like this that try to lay the blame with the victim. I feel so sorry for the wife, this is one of the worst things to go through as a spouse.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 week ago

This isn't even justification... this is just a straight up remorseless admission. "She said no, I understood her no... then I did it anyways"

Rapists often justify their actions through appeals to irresistible desires or feigned misunderstandings (aka playing hard to get)... this asshole just felt justified to ignore her personhood and hopefully that leads to an open and shut trial.