A feminist collective, the Amazons of Avignon, has been plastering the walls of the city with testimony from the trial of the 51 men who were convicted in the Gisèle Pelicot rape case.
In brief remarks after her ex-husband and 50 other men were convicted, she said she had never regretted her decision to allow the trial to be public.
A court sentenced Mr. Pelicot to 20 years after he admitted to drugging and raping his wife, Gisèle, for nearly a decade, and inviting strangers to join him. The case has made her a feminist hero.
For over three months, judges and lawyers have tried to grasp the true nature of Dominique Pelicot, who said he had invited dozens of strangers to join him in raping his drugged wife.
AFP Gisèle Pelicot no longer owns any family photos with her husband It was November 2011, and Gisèle Pelicot was sleeping too much. She spent most of her weekends in a slumber. She was annoyed, because during the week she worked hard as a supply chain manager, and her time off was precious. Yet she […]
Reuters Collectively, the defendants accused of raping Gisèle Pelicot are facing more than 600 years in jail They are young, old, burly, thin, black and white. Among them are firefighters, lorry drivers, soldiers, security guards, a journalist and a DJ. These are the 50 men accused of raping Gisèle Pelicot at the behest of her […]
Getty Images Gisèle Pelicot arrives at the Avignon courthouse on Monday French prosecutors have demanded a 20-year jail sentence for Dominique Pelicot, who is accused of drugging his former wife Gisèle for a decade and inviting 50 men recruited online to rape her. Mr Pelicot, who has admitted to the charges, should also undergo medical […]
For more than two months, Gisele Pelicot sat in a courtroom as video − shot by her husband − showing numerous men sexually abusing her played before the court. She was asleep throughout all these rapes. Pelicot did not leave the courtroom when these films were shown. In fact, she fought hard to have the […]
Reuters Gisèle Pelicot faced combative questions from defence lawyers on her final day of evidence Gisèle Pelicot has denounced the mass rape case of 51 men as a “trial of cowardice”, and said it is high time that France’s “macho, patriarchal society” which “trivialises rape” changes. Ms Pelicot, who has attended the mass rape trial […]
