A Frenchman on trial for recruiting strangers to rape his drugged wife has been hospitalized before giving testimony, his lawyer says.
Avignon, France — A Frenchman being tried for recruiting strangers to rape his drugged wife has been hospitalized, his lawyer said Tuesday, in a development that raises the prospect of the trial being adjourned. Dominique Pelicot, a 71-year-old retiree who was to have been cross-examined for the first time later Tuesday, was hospitalized earlier in the day, his lawyer Beatrice Zavarro told the court.
I will during the day request emergency care,' he said, adding that he could be led to suspend the hearings for a few days if the primary suspect's health didn't improve. Experts described Dominique Pelicot in court on Monday as a self-centered manipulator with no empathy and a split personality. His lawyer Zavarro had said her client had been looking forward to 'explaining' what he did.
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