Overview

• Marc Adida, a psychiatrist at Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, was sentenced to 12 years in prison for repeated rapes and sexual assault of four vulnerable patients.
• The court permanently banned Adida from practicing medicine, required him to register as a sex offender, and imposed five years of socio-judicial monitoring with mandatory treatment.
• The court acknowledged Adida's bipolar disorder but rejected diminished responsibility, citing the calculated and manipulative nature of his actions.
• Victims testified to being coerced into sexual acts under the guise of therapy, describing a dependency fostered by Adida's exploitation of their mental health conditions.
• Adida denied all allegations, attributing them to the victims' mental health issues, but the court found overwhelming evidence of his deliberate misconduct.