Dominique Pelicot invited dozens of men to rape his then wife over a nine-year periodGisèle Pelicot, the French grandmother who has become a feminist hero for insisting that the rape trial of her ex-husband and 50 other men should be held in public, will take the stand on Wednesday to comment on the evidence so far.The 72-year-old former logistics manager was unknowingly sedated and raped by her then husband, Dominique Pelicot, 71, who crushed sleeping tablets and anti-anxiety medication into her food and drinks, and invited men to rape her over a nine-year period from 2011 to 2020 in the village of Mazan in Provence. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/23/gisele-pelicot-in-court-to-comment-on-rape-trial-evidence-so-far
Author : Angelique Chrisafis in Avignon
Publish date : 2024-10-23 03:00:06
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