A man is accused of raping Gisele Pelicot because he had no other plans on New Year's Eve.

Andy Rodriguez, a father-of-two, found himself in the midst of a trial for the rape of Gisele Pelicot. He was one of the 51 men accused of this heinous crime. Gisele had been secretly drugged by her husband, Dominique, for a decade before she finally came forward with her story. She bravely waived her right to anonymity and faced her alleged attackers in an effort to shift the shame back onto them, according to her legal team.

During the trial, Rodriguez, who was 37 years old at the time, admitted to having sex with Ms. Pelicot. However, he vehemently denied any involvement in the rape. He, like many of the other accused, believed that their sexual encounters were consensual. They were under the impression that Gisele and Dominique had a mutually agreed upon arrangement.

Speaking in court, Rodriguez shared that he had been struggling with alcohol and drug addiction since the tender age of 14. He met Dominique on New Year's Eve in 2018 at his house in Mazan. Dominique had allegedly used an online forum to recruit strangers to visit their home for sexual encounters. Rodriguez recalled, "I was in a bar once when a man approached me and said, 'My wife likes you, would you like to sleep with her while I watch?' I agreed and it happened that same night, with Pelicot. I met him on New Year's Eve when I had nothing else to do. I had fallen out with my brothers because of my addiction, so I went to Pelicot's house. I never had any intention of raping Mrs. Pelicot."

The court also learned that Rodriguez was married with two children at the time of the incident. He had even taken the time to groom himself before heading over to Pelicot's house. He had exchanged messages with Dominique on Coco.fr before arriving at his house just an hour later.

Gisele, who had been present in court, maintained that she was not a willing participant in these sexual encounters, despite what some of the defendants claimed. She stated, "Not for a second did I give my consent to Mr. Pélicot, nor to these men who are behind me. Since I arrived in this courtroom, I have been humiliated. I have been called an alcoholic, an accomplice of Mr. Pélicot. I have heard everything. You have to have a degree of patience to endure everything I have to hear. For me, they are degenerates."

The police had listed a total of 92 rapes committed by 72 men, out of which only 51 have been identified. The accused men came from various professions, including civil servants, ambulance workers, soldiers, prison guards, nurses, a journalist, a municipal councillor, and truck drivers. It was a shocking and disturbing case that had the entire community in disbelief. The trial continued as the court sought justice for Gisele and the other victims.

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