What to know about a French ex-senator on trial for drugging a lawmaker to sexually assault her

A French former senator goes on trial Monday in Paris over accusations of drugging another lawmaker to sexually assault her in a case that echoes the landmark drugging-and-rape trial that riveted France and turned Gisèle Pelicot into a global icon of the fight against sexual violence. Joël Guerriau, 68, is accused of putting the drug MDMA in a glass of champagne he served to parliament member Sandrine Josso, who left after she started feeling sick. Josso 50, has since been outspoken about the case and helped lead a parliamentary investigation into drug-related crimes.