• Now octogenarian, the guru "Zeus" was sentenced on Friday by the Assize Court of Girondes for rape and abuse of weakness.

  • This healer reigned for more than twelve years over a micro-sect in the Bassin d'Arcahon.

  • In his "temple", a community of women decked out with the nickname of a goddess should engage in sexual labor to recharge "Zeus" with energy.

In a wheelchair, his gaze hidden behind dark glasses, mute as a carp in the dock, "Zeus" has lost his luster.

Claude Alonso, whose real name is now 81, was sentenced on Friday, after a week of debate, to eighteen years' imprisonment, accompanied by a nine-year security period, by the Court of assizes of Gironde.

This son of an oyster farmer, who appeared free, was found guilty of rape, of two victims including his daughter, and of abuse of weakness committed within a sect over which he reigned on his property in Gujan-Mestras, on the Bassin d'Arcachon.

Until his indictment in 2013, following a report to Miviludes, the body for the fight against sectarian aberrations, "Zeus" presided over the destinies of a small community of women for twelve years. , decked out with the names of Greek goddesses, whom he lodged in the outbuildings.

In a mezzanine of the main house, the guru had recreated a shoddy temple to his glory, with throne, scepter, crystal ball and portraits in his likeness.

Lexomil nectar and “sex work”

Every evening, the ex-healer preached the divine word between mythology, ufology and other esoteric beliefs.

Before imposing "sex work" on his followers, intended to provide him with a "perfect" orgasm to recharge him with energy and "save humanity".

During these bacchanals which could last all night, the followers of this microsect drank sweet wine mixed with Lexomil, a tranquilizer.

They were also given a mixture of menstruation and Claude Alonso's own semen, according to the prosecution.





Claude Alonso violated "psychism and body for more than 12 years", "stealing the financial and intellectual resources" of his victims by his "overflowing imagination, put at the service of his narcissism and his megalomania", estimated Friday in his indictment Advocate General Xavier Chavigné, whose requisitions were followed by the jurors.

“An ant among a herd of bison”

“You want to make Mr. Alonso an example of a sect guru (…) It is perverse manipulation, perhaps, but in no way rape!

“, pleaded the lawyer for the accused, who demanded his acquittal by arguing the “consent” of the victims.

“I am facing a malicious plot,” said Claude Alonso for his part before the court retired to deliberate, comparing himself in a sibylline formula “to an ant among a herd of bison”.

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