rapes aggravated in the Bordeaux libertine environment, four men imprisoned – Liberation

Four men indicted in an investigation for rape aggravated in an investigation into the libertine environment in Gironde, in which the absence of consent of the victims is « Characterized ». « On several occasions, howls of pain were heard »on many videos found at the home of one of these men and shot at home, « In libertine clubs of the Bordeaux metropolis, on the public highway, still in Bordeaux but also elsewhere, in Hérault and in Gard »adds in a press release the public prosecutor of Bordeaux, Renaud Gaudeul.

The world And The Parisian, Who reveal the case this Friday, evoke insults inscribed to the marker on the body of the complainants, relations with dozens of unprotected men and the use of objects or animals.

The prosecutor specifies that the facts are spread out « Over a period running from 2011 to 2024 » and that the five victims identified « To date » are aged 45, 52, 56, 59 and 67 years. The four men indicted « Heads of rape with act of torture and barbarism, and complicity of these crimes for one of them »were imprisoned. They are aged 40 to 57 and all domiciled in Gironde, according to the magistrate.

The case began in November 2023, when a woman, ex-partner of one of the suspects born in 1969, « Has filed a complaint against him, after having undergone what she describes as collective rapes committed by her companion and the men whom he invited » From November 2020 to September 2023, he said. « She describes a grip strategy adopted by her companion who had allowed her to impose several collective rapes, filmed »adds the prosecutor.

Investigators then heard four other successive companions of this man, who said they had suffered « Scenes comparable to those described by the first complainant ». The man implicated was arrested in July 2024. He did not dispute « The existence of these sexual relations between his successive companions and groups of men, including himself »but said « That they had always been granted »continues the magistrate which nevertheless adds that « The absence of women’s consent was characterized » after viewing of « Very numerous videos » seizures at the person concerned.

This fifties working in maintenance, in the virgin criminal record according to his lawyer, « Never lived and perceived as someone who commits criminal offenses », said Julien Plouton. “He sees himself as someone who was in the practice of libertine sexual pleasure, even if they are obviously extreme practices. He considers that these women were consenting. ”

The investigation made it possible to identify several other participants in the facts, leading to an arrest operation on Wednesday. « If one of these men ended up admitting that he was aware of the lack of consent of his female partner, the others affirmed the opposite »specifies the prosecutor. The four men face life imprisonment. The survey, entrusted to the research section of the Bordeaux gendarmerie and initially followed by the Libourne prosecution, was transmitted to the criminal pole of the Bordeaux prosecution in February. Two investigating judges were seized.

For Me Julien Plouton, this file must push to question about « The recurrence of these practices » in libertine circles. « I do not think that in a file like this, we can be content to stay on an investigation which focuses on my client and the people who, to date, have been indicted by his side »he believes. « Obviously, we already have elements that open the way to much wider circles »he indicates, without being able to confirm « As it is » a possible chemical submission of a victim, also mentioned by The Parisian.