Ex-French Senator Convicted in MDMA-Spiked Drink Case
A Paris court convicted former senator Joël Guerriau of drugging lawmaker Sandrine Josso with MDMA in November 2023, a claim Guerriau said was an accidental mistake; he received 1.5 years in prison, an additional suspended sentence and a ban on holding elected office, while Josso has emerged as a leading anti-drug-sexual-assault advocate as France reckons with gender-based violence following the Gisèle Pelicot case.