A German man has been found guilty of drugging and raping his unconscious wife for years and sharing video of his crimes on the internet, in a case that has drawn comparisons to the trial of Dominique Pelicot in France.
Fernando P., a 61-year-old school janitor, was found guilty of abusing his wife inside the couple’s home, filming it and then sharing it online without the victim’s knowledge.
He was sentenced Friday to 8 years and 6 months in prison following a trial at a court in Aachen, western Germany. An appeal may be filed against the judgment within one week, the court said.
Please don’t confuse this as victim blaming. It is not. I am curious about what the victim thought was going on with her health when she was being frequently sedated. Did she think she became a hard sleeper? Did she have side effects that she might have even seen a doctor for, who spent futile time testing for natural causes?
Is this something that might one day be in the back of mind for nurses and doctors that someone is being secretly drugged, like Munchausen by Proxy?
Gisèle Pelicot (a parallel case in France) was very public with her story, I imagine you can look for answers there.
Thanks. Another commenter added some context.
The french lady said she was dizzy and prone to fainting if I remember correctly. She went to see a doctor couple of times but they didn’t find anything.
That’s exactly what I was curious about. There’d be no reason to do toxicology for someone coming in with these sorts of symptoms. Foul play is often the last thing people suspect.
I don’t know about this specific case, but what I do know is that often in cases of abuse there is a certain amount of Gaslighting involved. And even if there is no Gaslighting, the absurdity and horror of it all can lead to victims not wanting to believe what is going on.