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Dominique Pelicot questioned in cold cases of rape and murder

January 30, 2025 admin

Dominique Pelicot ‘s lawyer Beatrice Zavarro answers reporters outside the Nanterre courthouse where the convicted rapist who horrified France by drugging his then-wife, Gisele Pélicot, so other men could rape her, is now caught up in other cases, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Nanterre, outside Paris. | Photo Credit: AP Dominique Pélicot, the convicted rapist…

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French Rapist Dominique Pelicot’s Daughter

January 11, 2025 admin

London: The daughter of Dominique Pelicot, the Frenchman found guilty of drugging his ex-wife so dozens of strangers could rape her, said in comments released Saturday that her father “should die in prison”. In her first television interview since Pelicot was jailed for 20 years last month following a trial that horrified France, Caroline Darian…

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Gisèle Pelicot’s ex-husband won’t appeal his 20-year prison sentence for orchestrating mass rapes

December 30, 2024 admin

Frenchwoman Gisele Pelicot, the victim of a mass rape orchestrated by her then-husband Dominique Pelicot at their home in the southern French town of Mazan, talks to journalists, surrounded by relatives and her lawyers, after the verdict in the trial for Dominique Pelicot and 50 co-accused, at the courthouse in Avignon, France, December 19, 2024….

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Blake Lively To Gisele Pelicot, The Illusion That Is Women’s Safety

December 25, 2024 admin

What is the common thread joining the Bangalore car crash claiming five lives, Blake Lively’s sexual harassment complaint against her It Ends With Us co-star Justin Baldoni, and France’s Giséle Pelicot rape trial? The tenuousness of the thread of safety we hang by. It can snap in a snap. It doesn’t matter how solid your…

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Gisele Pelicot After Mass Rape Trial

December 19, 2024 admin

Avignon: Gisele Pelicot’s ex-husband was jailed on Thursday for 20 years over her drugging and mass rape by strangers recruited online, in a case that shocked France and resonated around the world. After the trial was closed, Gisele Pelicot emerged to give a full statement to reporters, speaking about the trial itself, the verdict and…

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Gisele Pelicot, France Mass Rape Survivor And A Feminist Icon

December 19, 2024 admin

Her husband orchestrating her sexual abuse by strangers could have broken her. But by standing up to her abusers in court and demanding they be ashamed, France’s Gisele Pelicot has become a feminist champion. More than three months of sometimes gruelling hearings, including graphic video evidence, are set to culminate when judges hand down sentences…

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Verdicts are due in the historic French rape trial that turned Gisèle Pelicot into a feminist hero

December 19, 2024 admin

French judges plan to deliver hugely anticipated verdicts on Thursday (December 19, 2024) in a historic drugging-and-rape trial that has turned the victim, Gisèle Pelicot, into a feminist hero. Everything about the trial in the southern French city of Avignon has been exceptional, most of all Ms. Pelicot herself. She has been the epitome of…

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Amid Horror Over Mass Rape, France Unveils Measures To Fight Violence Against Women

November 25, 2024 admin

Paris: France announced Monday a new campaign to combat violence against women, including raising awareness about the use of drugs to commit sexual abuse, as the country reckons with a mass rape trial that has shocked the public. Equality Minister Salima Saa unveiled a raft of initiatives two days after tens of thousands of people…

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8 New Defendants To Take Stand As France Mass Rape Trial Resumes

November 4, 2024 admin

The trial of a Frenchman who recruited dozens of strangers to rape his drugged wife at their home resumes on Monday, with the cases of eight new defendants to be examined in court. The case of Dominique Pelicot, 71, and 50 other co-defendants aged 26 to 74 years old has caused outrage and sparked protests…

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Frenchman On Mass Rape Trial Absent From Court For Being “Unwell”

September 30, 2024 admin

Paris: The main defendant in a mass rape trial that has sparked horror and protests in France was absent on Monday because he is “unwell” and must undergo medical treatment, the presiding judge said. Dominique Pelicot, 71, has been on trial since September 2 over raping and recruiting strangers to rape his heavily sedated wife…

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