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“We are all Gisèle.” There has been an outpouring on the streets of France in support of 72-year-old Gisèle Pelicot, who had been drugged and raped by her husband, Dominique Pelicot, and at least 50 others, in their home for over a decade. In an extraordinary act of courage, Ms. Pelicot waived anonymity and requested…
Two defendants in a mass rape trial that has shocked France on Wednesday reluctantly admitted they had raped a man’s heavily sedated wife as they had not sought her consent. The main defendant in the case, 71-year-old Dominique Pelicot, has confessed to administering sedatives to his wife to rape her and inviting strangers to join…
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Forty-nine co-defendants are accused of raping or attempting to rape Gisele Pelicot (File) The mayor of the French town where a man for over a decade brought strangers to rape his wife apologised on Friday for remarks that were criticised for playing down the ordeal of the victim. Louis Bonnet, 74, mayor of Mazan in…
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French mass rape survivor Gisele Pelicot walks into court each day with her head held high. Marseille, France: Walking into court each day with her head held high, the ex-wife of a Frenchman on trial for orchestrating her mass rape in her own bed for almost a decade has become a feminist icon. With her…
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