Laura Bishop has come forward publicly for the first time to reveal how her husband drugged her and arranged for strangers to rape her while he watched and filmed the assaults.
Bishop, a wife from Bristol, England, shared her story with ITV News in a detailed interview, identifying herself after her husband Daniel Bishop was sentenced to more than 14 years in prison for his crimes. The case has drawn comparisons to the high-profile trial of Dominique Pelicot in France, where a husband similarly arranged for dozens of men to assault his unconscious wife.
The horror began in 2021 when Daniel Bishop suggested the couple have a drink together at their home. “He poured me a gin and tonic. I couldn’t see what he was doing. I never thought I’d need to watch what he did with my drink. I don’t remember finishing it,” she said News.
Bishop woke to find herself naked and being attacked. “I woke up on the bed. Completely undressed. Naked. And being raped by a stranger,” she said.
Her husband was present during the assault. “I immediately looked to the right, and Dan was stood there; my husband was stood there in the doorway,” she continued. “And I can remember the first thing I thought was, ‘I’m going to be strangled and murdered.’ But I started moving myself very quickly back up the bed and the man got up and ran off.”
Bishop reported the incident to police, leading to Daniel Bishop’s arrest. He pleaded guilty in 2022 to three rapes, three attempted rapes, a sexual assault and administering a noxious substance. He received a prison sentence exceeding 14 years plus an additional eight years of supervised release.
The full scope of the abuse emerged later when Laura secretly recorded her husband during a prison call. He told her she had been raped by “seven men in total,” she recalled. “The last one came twice. So it was eight separate occasions, with seven different men,” she said — with an unknown number of others watching the assaults online through livestreams.
Daniel Bishop had livestreamed at least eight rapes by seven different men, according to what he admitted to his wife. Those strangers have not yet been brought to justice, which Bishop cited as her reason for going public with her identity.
“The most important thing is outing [these] men and putting names to faces… This is my opportunity for my voice to be heard,” she said. “I want justice… That’s what I feel I deserve.”
Avon and Somerset Police responded to questions about the ongoing investigation in a statement News. “One man has received a significant prison sentence for the crimes he committed against her, but a thorough investigation continues, led by specially-trained detectives,” the force said. The police added that it was “sorry Laura feels let down by aspects of the overall investigation.”
Bishop’s decision to reveal her name marks a significant step in her pursuit of accountability for the other men involved in her abuse.