'Stopped Counting At 487 Men': French Woman Accuses Ex-Partner Of Torture, Rape

Last Updated:May 26, 2026, 22:28 IST

A 51-year-old man was sentenced to 25 years after court hears harrowing testimony from ex-partner Laeticia R on years of abuse and forced prostitution.

A 42-year-old French woman has accused her former boyfriend of recruiting strangers to sexually abuse her while being drugged unconscious in their home.

According to a report by AFP, Guillaume Bucci (51), who was a bank manager at the time, was accused of using the pretext of sadomasochistic sex games to manipulate his partner from 2015 to 2022 into torture and rape, including by strangers he found online.

He argued that his former partner had consented and he “did not think he was hurting her".

While admitting to committing acts such as strangulation, burning and bestiality, he said they were “consensual sexual games in the context of their intimate relationship".

However, AFP quoted the 42-year-old plaintiff, Laeticia R, describing what she called the “psychological control" exerted by her former partner. She at present suffers from significant disabilities as a result of the abuse.

During the hearing, the accused also admitted to have pressured the woman into prostitution. Laeticia R. told the court she had “stopped counting" at nearly 500 men.

AFP also quoted the victim recounting how, “little by little", Bucci pushed her to sleep with other men, before asking her on Christmas Eve in 2015 to go to a motorway service station and “offer herself to strangers" as he listened over the phone.

“I stopped counting at 487 men, some of whom I had seen up to 10 times," she said during the trial.

The accused was sentenced to 25 years in prison. The court also ruled that he must serve at least two-thirds of the term before being eligible for parole.

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