Dominique Pelicot was found guilty and sentenced to 20 years in prison for drugging and raping his ex-wife Gisèle and inviting dozens of them over nearly a decade The man also abused her, among other accusations.
Pellicott admitted the charges against him.
He is on trial along with 50 other men, most of whom deny rape charges. The Avignon court in France found 47 of the men guilty of rape, two of them guilty of attempted rape and two of them guilty of sexual assault.
The defendants now have 10 days to appeal.
Most of the 50 come from towns and villages within a 50-kilometer (30-mile) radius of Pelicot’s own village of Mazan.
among them They are firefighters, truck drivers, soldiers, security guards, reporters and DJs.
Below is a list of the men convicted. The BBC has not previously revealed the full names of the defendants due to French law.