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She felt uncomfortable telling Nègre that she wanted return to the office to use the toilet, so told him she was cold as an excuse to go back to the building. But she says he walked away, guiding them towards the banks of the River Seine, so she told him she needed to find a toilet urgently.

"He looked me right in the eye and said, 'Oh, do you need a wee?'

"I felt like a child. I thought it was really weird the way he looked at me, almost gleeful."

She says he directed her to the door of a storage cupboard under a bridge on the Seine and said: "You can do it here."

Now, Anaïs is one of nearly 250 women who believe Nègre drugged them in alleged incidents between 2009 and 2018, subjecting them to what is known as chemical submission, where drugs are used to gain control over someone.

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[–] javasux@lemmy.world 130 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Anaïs says police told her they found a spreadsheet of the alleged victims on Nègre's computer, entitled Experiments P, which was how they found her.

The document, she says, noted the time the women arrived for their interviews, when the diuretic was administered, how long it took before they urinated, and what underwear they were wearing.

What the actual fuck

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 52 points 3 days ago

Came to post this same quote. It’s really astounding how many criminals record their crimes and (not in this case but often) publish them.

[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Experiments P

[–] Solumbran@lemmy.world 47 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Feels a bit dismissive to put in this community though.

It's just a case of a horrible piece of shit abusing people just because he can, there's nothing oniony about it.

[–] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

The main cartoony or oniony aspect imo comes from police discovering a spreadsheet of victims called "Experiments P". Some Snidely Whiplash levels of cartoon villain.

Since that's the only thing though, I'm inclined to agree with you.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 63 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I'm not downplaying what these women went through, it's just such a weird abuse.

[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 82 points 3 days ago (37 children)

She says Nègre told her that he knew of a public toilet nearby, but when they arrived at the location there was no toilet.

"I was really starting to suffer… pains to the point that I was white, pale, I had tears streaming down," she says.

Marie-Hélène says she had no choice but to urinate in public. She says Nègre offered to shield her with his jacket.

"I was terribly embarrassed," she says. "He didn't take his eyes off me."

Marie-Hélène says that for years she felt ashamed.

Like Anaïs, she was also contacted by police who told her she was among Nègre's alleged victims. "It was a very big shock," she adds.

Like with most rapists, it's all about power and control and humiliation.

People outside of the US love to sneer and look down on us for electing a rapist pedophile. It's the entire fucking world that is run by rapists like these.

[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 55 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It is now 15 years since Anaïs's encounter with Nègre and seven years since she first spoke to police.

Like many of the other accusers, she is frustrated at the length of time it is taking for Nègre's case to come to court.

Meanwhile, the alleged perpetrator has continued to work in human resources, according to Fondation des Femmes, a women's rights group that is supporting about 30 of the women affected.

He still works in HR as well.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 34 points 3 days ago

Fucking HR? Of all places to keep him. I totally missed that.

[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 16 points 3 days ago

Capitalism is designed to favor the cluster b people. Narcissists, psychopaths and the like. The easiest way to the top is to backstab your way up. It's only natural that they end up concentrated at the top.

[–] FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Yeah, individual offenders aren’t the problem it’s the systems of power that let them offend like this that are the problem.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 22 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

The systems of power are the societal problem but the individual offenders are guilty as hell and very much also the problem

[–] FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 days ago

Sure, but so long as the power exists new offenders will bubble up.

[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 19 points 3 days ago

Yep. And yet there's a persistent belief that feminism has gone too far in favor of women's rights. It hasn't nearly gone far enough.

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[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago

I know that there's a fetish for this without necessarily the drugging aspect. Unfortunately wherever there's a kink there's someone who likes forcing people into it

[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago

I think it was the plot of a long-buried Pepe Le Pew episode?

[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 22 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I read this story in some french paper a few months ago, I was stunned and shocked. Can you imagine putting someone in such a position of vulnerability? Just drugging someone on its own, but then premeditating the whole walk so that there's no toilet nearby, that's some fucked up shit.

[–] CyanideShotInjection@lemmy.world 22 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That man has a wild last name. For the non french speaker : it's literally the N-word.

[–] rezad@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Negro denotes 'black' in Spanish and Portuguese, derived from the Latin word niger, meaning 'black'

the USA slavers used the derogatory (or pejorative) diminutive (removed) to belittle and dehumanize the black slaves that Spanish and Portuguese slavers sold to them.

the name of this monster is not weird outside of USA.

[–] carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

no that’s just wrong. that word is extremely offensive in many parts of europe and in canada as well, and i don’t doubt it’s offensive in other places too. it is absolutely offensive in france (and other francophone parts of europe/america) too.

[–] rezad@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

the word negro is literally word black in those two languages.

are you telling me that those speaking those two languages just no longer use that word?

and as the other guy "i refuse to let American racism to ruin another thing."

[–] Miaou@jlai.lu 5 points 3 days ago (2 children)

In case you didn't know, France speaks French, not Spanish or Portuguese.

Try calling people "nègre" over here and see for yourself.

Besides, "preto" is (AFAIK) more used than negro in Brazil. As americanised as Brazil is, I believe their own history gives them the right to adapt their own language if they wish to.

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[–] CyanideShotInjection@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

No, the name of this monster is LITERALLY the N word, not the spanish "negro", I speak spanish as well and I am aware of how it's said. Black in french is NOIR ans that's how we call someone who's black. His last name is not the spanish negro, it is the french N word. French is my mother tongue, I think I can regognize it from spanish.

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[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago

What the fucking hell‽

[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It's time the French brake out the guillotine again I think

[–] Solumbran@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

It's been time for a few decades, if not centuries.

[–] sns@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 days ago

If this was a fictional story, it would be unbelievable.

[–] luthis@lemmy.nz 7 points 3 days ago

That's pretty fucked up.

[–] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Can we sew his pee hole closed with a rusty needle and feed him the same diuretic until he explodes?

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

And here I was thinking giving him a cell without a toilet

[–] Aqarius@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

I gotta admit, that's elegant.

[–] kibblebits@quokk.au 3 points 3 days ago

This isn’t a Steven King book.

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