"Cyril Zattara, 47, appeared in court behind closed doors in the southern city of Aix-en-Provence, charged with raping 14 women over 10 years, as well as allegedly filming around 20 women without their knowledge. Zattara, who has been in detention for five years, has admitted to 10 of the rape charges."
"The defendant would allegedly slip sleeping pills into the victims' drinks before sexually assaulting them, often targeting women with whom he was friendly or in intimate relationships, according to the investigation. When the victims woke up, dazed and sometimes undressed, Zattara would attribute their condition to hypnosis or blame it on alcohol, according to the investigation. But blood and hair tests showed that the victims had ingested tranquillisers."
Cyril Zattara, 47, a French dance teacher and self-proclaimed hypnotherapist, is on trial in Aix-en-Provence accused of raping 14 women over ten years and secretly filming about 20 victims. He has been detained for five years and admitted to ten rape charges. The case began in 2019 when a 24-year-old woke after a hypnosis session, having drunk wine, vomited and recalled being raped; Zattara's DNA was found under her fingernails and in her underwear. Investigators say he slipped sleeping pills into drinks, blamed hypnosis or alcohol, and evidence showed tranquillisers in victims' blood and hair and videos of lethargic victims.
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