Overview
- A court in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence convicted former banker Guillaume Bucci of torturing and sexually abusing his partner and sentenced him to 25 years in prison.
- The survivor, Laetitia R., testified that she was coerced into sexual encounters with hundreds of men and said she “stopped counting at 487.”
- Prosecutors presented hundreds of text and voice messages in court that they say show threats, including threats to kill her if she did not obey, and medical reports documenting injury.
- Bucci admitted to violent acts during the trial but said the encounters were consensual sadomasochistic practices, while prosecutors had argued for a life term because of the severity and risk of reoffending.
- The plaintiff waived anonymity after the high-profile Pelicot case and now lives with lasting physical and psychological damage, a development that has intensified public and legal scrutiny of consent defenses.