Dominique Pelicot admitted to drugging his wife and recruiting dozens of strangers to rape her over nearly a decade, begging for his family's forgiveness, as he told a French court on Tuesday: "I am a rapist.

Dominique Pélicot, 71, is the man at the center of a mass rape trial in France. He admitted to drugging his wife and recruiting 83 men to rape her almost 100 times

Dominique Pélicot, 71, spoke for the first time about his crimes at his trial after he was accused of drugging his wife and allowing dozens of strangers to rape her at home in Avignon, France