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A man who admitted to drugging his wife and allowing more than 50 men rape her said it was her own fault for not agreeing to go swinging with him, according to a psychologist who testified at his trial.
Last week, 71-year-old Dominique Pelicot responded "yes" when asked if he was guilty of the crimes he is accused of in court, The Guardian reported. His lawyer reportedly said he "always declared himself guilty" since his arrest.
He is currently being tried in Avignon, France, in relation to alleged video recordings which prosecutors say contain footage dating back to 2011 of men raping his wife Gisele, the Daily Mail reported.
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Psychologist Annabelle Montagne reportedly told the court on Monday that she interviewed Pelicot in December 2020, a month and a half after he was arrested, and he admitted to the abuse. She said he told her, "My wife and I had a discussion about swinging but she didn't agree so I drugged her."
She said Pelicot said he loved his wife, but, "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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The outlet reported that another psychologist, Marianne Douteau, also testified, saying "everything could have continued as before" if he hadn't been arrested.
Complaining the case against him had "destroyed his life," he allegedly told Douteau, "Gisele would not have known anything, we would have continued to be happy."
She also testified he said he often looked for wife-swaps on the internet.
Per the Daily Mail report, the psychologist also said Pelicot told her had been raped as a nine-year-old child by a hospital nurse, adding that he came from a "troubled family."
She said she believed that Pelicot had inherited some personality traits from his father, who was reportedly also violent, abusing his wife and a young girl the family took in.
His father also reportedly sent Pelicot to work at the age of 14 but kept 80 percent of his wages.
Donteau concluded Pelicot had a "split personality," the Daily Mail reported she said.
Pelicot reportedly was not present in court due to health reasons, according to his lawyer.
A retired electrician, Pelicot first met Gisele when they were 18 years old, the outlet reported. The couple married two years later, but both went on to have affairs.
The couple's two sons David and Florian and their only daughter Caroline Peyronnet all gave evidence during the trial against their father, the outlet added.
Authorities allege they found 20,000 films and photographs of men raping Gisele, and 50 of more than 80 men Pelicot had invited to rape his wife via an internet website were traced down.
Pelicot is accused of hiding sedatives in his wife's food and drinks before the men arrived at their home.
The trial is set to last until December, and Pelicot could face up to 20 years in jail.
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