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French lawmaker recounts trauma in trial of ex-senator accused of drugging her with MDMA
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Member of Parliament Sandrine Josso arrives at the courtroom, in Paris, Monday, Jan. 26, 2026. - photo by AP Photo/Thomas Padilla
PARIS (AP) — A French lawmaker told a Paris court she wants “the truth” to emerge from the trial of a former senator accused of drugging her to abuse her, describing a terrifying experience marked by fear she could be raped. Joël Guerriau, 68, has admitted serving Sandrine Josso a drink spiked with MDMA, known as ecstasy, but says it was an accident. The trial brought national attention to drug-facilitated assault in the country already marked by the landmark drugging-and-rape case that turned Gisèle Pelicot into a global icon of the fight against sexual violence.