Wife-sharing rape case: Women drugged by their husbands overwhelmed by hurt, sense of betrayal

During court hearings, prosecutors said the victims were forced to suffer the trauma of knowing that they had been raped while they were unconscious. ST ILLUSTRATION: MANNY FRANCISCO
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SINGAPORE – It was on New Year’s Day in 2020 that Mrs J chanced upon a Skype chat which contained exchanges between her husband J and a person using the moniker “stysg” about “exchanging wives” by using “drugs, charms and stimulants”.

Mrs J also found explicit images of herself in the chat. In one, the mother of four was naked and blindfolded.

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