A German man is on trial for allegedly drugging, raping and filming his unconscious wife for nearly 15 years in a case that has been called the “German Pelicot.”
On Friday, a verdict is expected in the case of a 61-year-old school janitor, who, prosecutors say, raped his wife from 2009 to 2024. The alleged abuse took place inside the couple’s home and was filmed and then shared online without the victim’s knowledge, according to prosecutors.
The verdict at the Regional Court of Aachen in western Germany comes exactly a year after Frenchman Dominique Pelicot – who solicited dozens of strangers from a chatroom for a near 10-year period to rape and abuse his then-wife Gisèle – was found guilty of…
