One of more than 50 men accused of raping Frenchwoman Gisele Pelicot in a mass rape case that has shocked the world told her in court on Thursday that he was sorry for what he did. Lionel Rodriguez is among a small number of those accused who have admitted to raping Pelicot,

Prosecutors say that, for almost a decade, Dominique Pelicot drugged his wife to rape her, alongside dozens of other men he invited to abuse her.

Video of men allegedly raping a drugged Frenchwoman will not be shown at their trial to the public or journalists, the judge in the case ruled Friday.

Dominique Pelicot is charged with orchestrating the assault of his wife Gisèle Pelicot, drugging and offering her to a stream of men he met in a chatroom and filming the repeated rapes.

Frenchwoman Gisele Pelicot, whose ex-husband allegedly drugged her and let dozens of strangers rape her, was greeted with applause as she arrived in court in Avignon, France. Dominique Pelicot admitted to orchestrating multiple rapes of his wife over nearly a decade during his testimony.

Dominique Pelicot, 71, was due to testify on Tuesday over charges he invited dozens of men to his home to abuse his wife, Gisèle Pelicot. His condition was not immediately clear.

Gisele Pélicot and her lawyers arrived in court on Tuesday morning for the trial of Dominique Pélicot, the man accused of drugging his wife so that dozens of men could have sexual intercourse with her while she laid unconscious.

Joan Kwai, 26, is one of 50 men accused of raping Gisèle Pélicot, 71. A young man allegedly had sex with "unconscious" Gisèle Pélicot on the same day his daughter was born.

STORY: Gisele Pelicot, the French woman who was drugged and raped by dozens of men recruited by her husband, took the stand on Wednesday in a case that has shocked the world.“These men are degenerates,