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Gisèle Pelicot to take stand to comment on rape trial evidence so far

Gisèle Pelicot to take stand to comment on rape trial evidence so far



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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