{"id":3450599,"date":"2026-01-28T00:16:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T22:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nhub.news\/?p=3450599"},"modified":"2026-01-28T10:21:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T08:21:14","slug":"ex-senator-guilty-of-drugging-french-lawmaker-to-abuse-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nhub.news\/fr\/2026\/01\/ex-senator-guilty-of-drugging-french-lawmaker-to-abuse-her\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Senator Guilty of Drugging French Lawmaker to Abuse Her"},"content":{"rendered":"

A former French senator was found guilty in a high-profile drug-facilitated sexual assault case, more than a year after France was shaken by a mass rape trial that made Gis\u00e8le.<\/b>
\nA former French senator was found guilty in a high-profile drug-facilitated sexual assault case, more than a year after France was shaken by a mass rape trial that made Gis\u00e8le Pelicot a symbol of the fight against sexual violence. Joel Guerriau, 68, stood trial for putting the drug commonly known as ecstasy into a glass of champagne he served to lawmaker Sandrine Josso in November 2023. Guerriau has acknowledged serving her a drink containing MDMA but says it was an accident, the AP reports. A Paris court found him guilty of having drugged Josso to sexually assault or rape her.<\/p>\n

A Paris court on Tuesday sentenced him to 18 months in prison, an additional suspended sentence of 2.5 years, and a ban on holding elected office. Josso, 50, has since become a leading voice on the issue, helping spearhead a parliamentary investigation into drug-related crimes.<\/p>\n