a French woman whose husband admitted in court to repeatedly drugging her so she could be raped by other men has testified on her yearslong ordeal in the public trial of 51 of her alleged abusers including him Ross gullen has more on this for us this is a trial that has shocked France a mass rape trial of 50 men plus the husband of the woman who is alleged to have been raped dozens of times by dozens of men over a 10year period on Thursday we heard testimony from the woman herself at the center of this gelle pelor 71 years old she said that when she spoke to her children and admitted what had been going on one of her daughters let out a howl a sound she said which will be forever etched in my mind she said I might appear to have a solid facade but behind that inside I am completely devastated we have also seen video evidence showing this woman uh on in her family home on her bed with men having sex with her while she was sedated and uh some of the defendants have said we didn't realize she was sedated we thought this was consensual as part of a fantasy for the couple but her husband had actually orchestrated all of this getting in touch with men on sexual forums and inviting them to come and have sex with his wife and he said that that would be while she was under sedation now some of the details are pretty harrowing disturbing uh to to say the least this trial is now underway in the south of France and is expected to conclude in December Ross Cullen NDTV Paris