Zoe Watts, 43, from Devon, had known her now ex-husband since she was 17 and they had been in a relationship for 18 years, during which he crushed sleeping pills into her tea at night to rape, photograph and film her.
She and Amanda Stanhope, who was also abused by her husband whilst unconscious, have started a campaign to combat drug-facilitated sexual assault and the online distribution of material depicting unconscious women being abused.
"From the research we have done, its a prevalent crime and its happening a lot more that you think," said Zoe.
The name of the campaign #EndEyeCheck refers to a practice where perpetrators pull back a victim's eyelid while they are sedated to prove they are unconscious before committing an assault, often recording and sharing these acts in online spaces.
Those involved want to set up a support network for victims, create education and training programmes for young people and those working in healthcare and change laws to ensure perpetrators are punished and people cannot profit from the distribution of images and videos of sexual assaults and rape.
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