Dad-of-two, 37, ‘raped Devil of Avignon’s drugged wife because he was bored’ after beast told him ‘she likes you’

A DAD-OF-TWO accused of raping the Devil of Avignon's drugged woman has told the tribunal helium lone did it due to the fact that helium had "nothing other to do".

Andy Rodriguez, 37, is 1 of the 72 men who Pélicot allegedly called to travel and rape his woman Gisele Pélicot successful the decade-long abuse.

Rodriguez, a workplace worker, told the court that helium was an "alcoholic since 14 and a regular idiosyncratic of cocaine".

While helium admits to having enactment with Ms Pélicot, helium denies rape.

He, on with different defendants, assertion they didn't cognize she was drugged and assumed it was portion of a "consenting scenario" betwixt Pélicot and his wife.

In his testimony, the workplace idiosyncratic described however he'd experienced swinging earlier gathering Pélicot connected New Year's Eve 2018 astatine his location successful Mazan - adjacent Avignon.

Dad-of-two Rodriguez said: "I was successful a barroom erstwhile once a antheral approached maine and said 'My woman likes you, would you similar to sleep with her portion I watch?'

"I agreed and it happened that aforesaid night, with Pélicot I met him New Year's Eve arsenic I had thing other to do.

"I had fallen retired with my brothers due to the fact that of my drinking and cause wont truthful I went to Pélicot's house.

"I ne'er had immoderate volition of raping Mrs Pélicot."

At the clip of the alleged rape, Rodriguez was 31 years aged and joined with 2 children portion Ms Pélicot was much than doubly his property astatine 66, the tribunal heard.

Rodriguez continued: "I'd had a bath, I'd enactment aftershave on, I'd got ready. An hr aft exchanging messages connected Coco.fr I was astatine his house."

As the antheral gave his evidence, Ms Pélicot listened intimately portion shaking her caput occasionally, DailyMail reports.

Pélicot sat successful a solid container crossed the courtroom successful a grey fleece.

At 1 constituent his lad David near the courtroom and Pélicot looked towards him - but helium ignored his dad.

Dubbed "Beast of Avignon", Dominique Pélicot has been accused of "aggravated rape" of ex-wife Ms Pélicot - and faces up to 20 years successful prison if convicted astatine the Vaucluse Criminal Court, successful Avignon.

He allegedly invited the men helium met online to battle his woman aft spiking her nutrient to sound her out.

Taking the stands for the first clip past week, the sick gramps admitted to the heinous wide rape of Ms Pélicot that stretched for astir a decade.

Wearing a grey shirt, the French pensioner shuffled into tribunal utilizing a cane to enactment himself and owned up to his crimes.

He said: "Today, I support that, with the obligations we each have, I americium a rapist, similar everyone successful this room. They cannot accidental otherwise."

However, arsenic the cross-examination continued, a tearful Mr Pélicot shockingly insisted helium "still loves" his ex-wife.

He said: "I loved her good for 40 years and loved her severely for 10 years ... I ruined everything, I mislaid everything. I should ne'er person done that."

It comes aft the youngest antheral accused of raping "Beast of Avignon’s" wife carried retired the horror ordeal connected the time his archetypal girl was born, a tribunal heard.

Joan Kwai was conscionable 23 erstwhile helium assaulted Gisele Pélicot aft her sick hubby drugged her and called 72 antheral stranegrs to rape her implicit a decade.

He was among the six different men accused of the wide rape to person taken the stands contiguous successful the proceedings that has rocked France.

The tribunal heard that Kwai, a erstwhile French conscript, archetypal went to Mr Pélicot's location successful November 2019, the time his girl was born. 

He went backmost again for a 2nd clip and admitted to having planned a 3rd sojourn which Mr Pelicot cancelled astatine the past minute.

He besides said helium ne'er asked if Ms Pélicot had consented to the intersexual activity, earlier admitting it was a rape and that the unfortunate was unconscious.

He said helium "recognised the facts, but not the intention".

Kwai was arrested astatine the army barracks portion helium was serving, DailyMail reports.

Prosecutors person described him arsenic a antheral with "depressive tendencies".

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Mr Pélicot was archetypal caught successful September 2020, erstwhile helium was arrested for secretly filming up women’s skirts astatine a supermarket successful Carpentras.

His devices were searched, and determination were hundreds of photos and pornographic videos of women, including household members.

It was portion successful custody that Mr Pélicot reported a hard drive, hidden nether a printer, which contained a record called "Abuses".

It classified the nickname and telephone numbers of attackers, unneurotic with immoderate 3,800 photos and videos of Gisèle Pélicot being raped, betwixt 2011 and 2020.

The investigators counted astir 200 instances of rape, astir of them by Ms Pélicot 's hubby and much than 90 by strangers.

Investigators drew up a database of 72 suspects too the husband, and person truthful acold managed to place 50 of them, aged betwixt 26 and 74.

The French tribunal heard that successful immoderate of the heinous footage, Pélicot allegedly takes turns with 3 different men to rape his woman successful 1 azygous incident.

In a abstracted case, Mr Pélicot has been charged with raping and murdering a 23-year-old property cause successful Paris successful 1991.

He has admitted 1 attempted rape successful 1999 after DNA testing proved a lawsuit against him.

The Avignon aggravated rape lawsuit continues, and is owed to past until December 21.

Fourteen of the different defendants person admitted rape, portion the remainder contradict immoderate wrongdoing.

During the trial, psychologists described Mr Pélicot arsenic a "Jekyll and Hyde" quality who appeared similar a normal hubby during the time and past drugged his woman truthful strangers could rape her astatine night.

Mr Pélicot said of the comments: "I americium accused of galore things. We are not calved perverts, we go them.

"Even if it is paradoxical, I person ne'er considered my woman arsenic an object."

A study submitted to the tribunal suggested Mr Pélicot displayed a inclination towards "paraphilia" –  intersexual arousal successful atypical situations – and besides "somnophilia"– an attraction to unconscious partners.

This made him a "very caring and much-loved hubby by day" but "a rapist astatine night", psychologist Bruno Daunizeau explained successful the report.

The tribunal heard however Mr Pélicot considered himself a "good husband" to the pistillate helium joined successful 1971 and had 3 children with.

He said helium was "respectful of his wife’s desires and refusals to sex", but "also had fantasies about swinging" and "got pleasure" successful seeing his woman "undergo intersexual acts that she usually refused".

His girl Caroline Darian, 46, branded him arsenic the "worst intersexual predator" as she took the basal connected the 5th time of the rape trial.

She told the court: "How bash you rebuild yourself from the ashes erstwhile your begetter is undoubtedly 1 of the top intersexual predators of caller years?"

Ms Darian was herself secretly photographed successful the nude by her father, arsenic were her 2 sisters-in-law portion taking a bath, the tribunal heard.

She is convinced that – similar her parent – she was routinely drugged truthful that her begetter could sexually battle her.

The photos taken of her were successful a record entitled "around my daughter, naked".