Overview
- The public prosecutor asked the Cour criminelle du Rhône for 12 years in prison and ten years of socio-judicial monitoring along with loss of civic rights for the 39-year-old former bodyguard.
- In court the accused admitted he twice gave pills to his partner to render her incapacitated and facilitate sexual assaults after previously denying drugging her.
- Investigators presented disturbing videos of the victim rendered inert during assaults and phone evidence showing stolen images of the victim and online conversations.
- Phone records show the accused exchanged messages with convicted offender Dominique Pelicot seeking advice and proposing a meeting that never took place, a link the defence says should not be overstated.
- The facts span from 2015 to the accused's arrest at the marital home on June 13, 2023, and the case has raised concerns about chemical-submission violence, victim privacy and the use of digital evidence in court.