French court screens video evidence against men accused of mass rape in public trial

Dominique Pelicot, a 71-year-old man, has been accused of drugging his wife, Gisèle Pelicot, and enlisting strangers to rape her. The case, known as the "affaire Mazan", has raised questions about warped masculinity and patriarchal domination. Pelicot's home videos, which document the assaults on his ex-wife over a decade, have been presented as evidence in the trial. A total of 50 men are accused of raping Gisèle after she was drugged and left unconscious in the couple's bed. Gisèle, now 72, has waived her anonymity and spoken publicly about the abuse, shifting the focus from shame on the victim to the abuser.