French Court Sentences Banker to 25 Years for Rape and Torture

Between 2015 and 2022. The court heard that Bucci forced Laetitia R. to engage in sexual acts with nearly 500 men, including friends, colleagues, and strangers. He also compelled her to drink his urine and lick public toilets. Bucci admitted to acts including strangulation, bestiality, and burning but maintained they were consensual.

Text messages presented at trial showed him threatening to kill her if she did not comply.

R. ” She stated she stopped counting the number of men at 487. She said the abuse continued the day after she gave birth to their daughter in 2017, when she was forced to perform a sex act with a truck driver. Laetitia R. told the court she remained conscious during the acts because Bucci wanted her to remember what was happening.

R. said her decision to come forward publicly was inspired by Gisèle Pelicot, whose husband was convicted in 2024 of drugging her and arranging for strangers to rape her. Prosecutors requested a life sentence, citing the risk of reoffending. The court imposed 25 years with the possibility of parole after two-thirds of the term is served.