A 61-year-old man accused of forcing his wife to provide sexual services to more than 120 men has appeared in court in . This has been reported by the British media through one of his most recent articles.
This newspaper states that the man took advantage of the isolation of his farm near Kramfors, as well as surveillance cameras and drugs, to force her to have sexual acts with men she had met on the internet.
The subject denies having committed any type of crime and states that the encounters were consensual.; all he did was help organize them. The case has attracted international attention and
It should be remembered that Pelicot was sentenced by the French authority to 20 years in prison after being found guilty of drugging his then wife Gisèle and allowing other men to sexually abuse her for 10 years.
An open case
The trial began on April 10 in Härnösand, a small coastal town in the Nordic country. At this time, the identity of the accused and the victim are not known. The trial is expected to last 14 days.
Earlier this year, the same man in question was charged with several crimes, including several counts of rape, attempted rape and assault. Prior to the start of the litigation, prosecutor Ida Annerstedt declared to the local newspaper The Express that the woman’s current ex-husband “exploited her situation of special vulnerability” and her “fear of him” to normalize his repressive behavior.
Of the 120 men linked, according to Swedish police, only 28 of them have been charged in connection with the case. The vast majority have distanced themselves from the situation, arguing that they did not have relations with the woman or that they did not pay for them.
In addition to VioGén, there is also ATENPRO, a Telephone Care and Protection Service for victims of violence against women. It does not require a complaint and offers immediate attention to eventualities that may occur 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and wherever you are. It allows women victims of sexist violence to contact at any time a center staffed by personnel specifically prepared to provide an appropriate response to their needs. Furthermore, in emergency situations, the center’s staff is prepared to provide an appropriate response to the crisis, either on their own or by mobilizing other human and material resources.
