A landmark mass rape trial in France has exposed abuse orchestrated by the victim's husband, and a culture that many activists say is sexist, tolerant of violence toward women and resistant to change.
The fate of more than 50 men accused of rape and sexual assault in a harrowing case that has gripped France will be decided by a French court this week. Gisele Pelicot waived her anonymity so the men, including her ex-husband, would face trial in public.
A court on Thursday convicted a French man of aggravated rape for committing and orchestrating the mass rape of his now former wife Gisele Pelicot with
Dominique Pelicot admitted that for years he knocked his then wife of 50 years out with drugs so that he and strangers he recruited online could abuse her while he filmed the assaults.
A panel of judges also delivered verdicts against 50 other men accused of rape in the case: just one was acquitted but was found guilty of aggravated sexual assault.
Dominique Pelicot and 50 other men accused of raping Gisele Pelicot will learn their fate. Gisele Pelicot has called for a societal change in attitudes towards rape and consent.
Dominique Pelicot was found guilty of raping ex-wife, Gisele, and facilitating her rape by strangers. Gisele Pelicot has called for a societal change in attitudes towards rape and consent.
Pelicot’s husband admitted to drugging his ex-wife and inviting strangers from the internet to rape her while she was unconscious multiple times over a decade.
The trial of the rapists of Gisele Pelicot afforded us a glimpse into the abyss of toxic masculinity. These men have now been sentenced for their crimes. DW reports from court, where many still deny their guilt.
Gisele Pelicot said after 51 men were all found guilty Thursday in the drugging-and-rape trial that turned her into a feminist hero that the ordeal had been "very difficult" and expressed support for other victims of sexual violence.
Gisèle Pelicot spoke of her ''very difficult ordeal'' after 51 men were convicted Thursday in the drugging-and-rape trial that riveted France and turned her into an icon, expressing support for other victims whose cases don't get such attention and ''whose stories remain untold.''
AVIGNON, France — Gisèle Pelicot spoke of her “very difficult ordeal” after 51 men were convicted Thursday in the drugging-and-rape trial that riveted France and turned her into an icon, expressing support for other victims whose cases don’t get such attention and “whose stories remain untold.
The ex-husband of a woman in France was handed a 20-year prison sentence on Thursdaay for drugging and raping her and inviting other men to participate.
A court found the husband of Gisèle Pelicot guilty of aggravated rapes and all other charges against him in the mass rape trial that has shocked France.
The court sentenced Gisèle Pelicot's ex-husband to 20 years in prison for drugging and raping her and allowing other men to rape her while she was unconscious.
The ex-husband of Gisèle Pelicot was sentenced to a maximum 20 years of imprisonment for drugging and raping her and allowing other men to rape her while she was knocked out.
