India, May 27 -- A bank manager in France was jailed for 25 years after he was accused of raping, torturing and selling his ex-girlfriend to strangers for seven years. Laetitia R, the 42-year-old woman petitioner, said that the man, Guillaume Bucci, exerted "psychological control" over her and also forced her into prostitution.

This trial in France comes amid an ongoing hearing regarding a child abuse sex scandal in schools and two years after the Gisele Pelicot case, which shocked the nation and globe.

As per AFP, Guillaume Bucci, who was a bank manager at the time, has been accused of using the pretext of sadomasochistic sex games to manipulate his partner into torture and rape, including by strangers he "recruited" online.

The 51-ye...