The trial of a man accused of repeatedly drugging his wife and recruiting more than 70 men to rape her while she was unconscious opened in Avignon, France, this week, drawing demonstrations outside the courthouse and horror across the country.

       Prosecutors say that for nearly a decade Dominique Pélicot, 71, crushed sedating anti-anxiety medication into his wife’s dinners and used online platforms to invite men to sexually assault her in the couple’s home and other locations used by the family.