AVIGNON, France — "I am a rapist," a Frenchman accused of drugging his wife so that he and dozens of strangers could sexually assault her, testified on Tuesday in a trial that has horrified France.

Dominique Pelicot, 71, used a cane as he slowly entered the courtroom in the southern city of Avignon, where his now-former wife was present for the painful testimony.

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