French court found Pelicot guilty of repeatedly drugging his ex-wife Gisèle Pelicot and inviting men to rape her over nearly a decade
French court found Pelicot guilty of repeatedly drugging his ex-wife Gisèle Pelicot and inviting men to rape her over nearly a decadeA French court on Thursday found Dominique Pelicot guilty and sentenced him to 20 years in prison for repeatedly drugging and raping his ex-wifeHe has also been found guilty of making and distributing sexual images of his adult daughter Caroline and the wives of his sons.
Her ex-husband of 50 years had pleaded guilty to drugging her repeatedly for almost a decade to rape her, and to offer up her unconscious body for sex to dozens of strangers he had met online, while videoing the abuse. The trial has triggered protest rallies around France in support of her, and spurred soul-searching, including a debate on whether to update France’s rape law, which at present makes no mention that sex should involve consent.
Gisèle Pelicot has sat resolutely throughout the three-month trial, staring down her abusers with steely determination and scoffing at any claim that she might have been a willing participant. The case only came to light in 2020, when Dominique Pelicot was caught trying to take photographs up the skirts of women in a supermarket. Police then discovered more than 20,000 photos and videos on his computer drives revealing the horrifying secrets that he had hidden from his now ex-wife for a decade.
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