I wanted all women who were victims of rape to be able to say to themselves that Ms. Pélicot did ... to make this society evolve." At one point, Ms Pélicot suggested that her husband might ...

One of the defendants, a 43-year-old carpenter, who went to the Pelicots’ home in October 2019 and again in January 2020, told the judges that after Dominique Pelicot told him Gisèle, now 72, was a ...

Gisele Pelicot was cheered by crowds including her former drama teacher as she left the courthouse today after confronting the Monster of Avignon for letting strangers into their bedroom to rape her.

Gisèle Pelicot testified on Wednesday ... Chief Justice Arata asked whether her husband might not have been driven partly by revenge. “To make you pay, through humiliation combined with ...

The majority live close to Mazan, the town in which Ms. Pelicot and her husband retired in 2013. So far, 30 men, including Mr. Pelicot, have spoken before the court’s five-judge panel.

For days and weeks at a time, my husband worked as a single parent. When I did return home and attempted to jump on the moving train of my family life, it wasn't easy. My presence disrupted the ...

“She has decided to make this an emblematic trial,” said Elsa ... "Victims don’t have to do what she did. They have a right to have their anonymity protected. It’s not necessarily a ...

We did make a provision to mete out his money over a number of years, which I am OK with. How do I approach my husband with ...

‘Madame Pelicot did it, I can too.’ I don’t want them to be ashamed any longer. It’s not for us to have shame – it’s for them.” Along with her ex-husband – who she divorced in 2021 ...

He was “at a couple’s home, invited by the husband ... “I did not go there with the aim of committing a crime,” he said. “I had absolutely no idea that Mrs. Pelicot was not consenting.” ...