France’s #MeToo moment arrives with raft of sex abuse trials shocking the country

The World

From the trial of actor Gerard Depardieu for sexual assault to a man who shared his drugged wife with strangers to a doctor who’s admitted molesting hundreds of children, this has been a year of reckoning in France. And it’s made some women realize that while these trials are a sign of a trend toward speaking out, a lot of work still needs to be done to rid France of sexual predators. The World’s Gerry Hadden reports from Montpelier, France.

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