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French judge allows public and press to view video evidence in high-profile rape trial

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A French court has ruled that the public can be present when video evidence is screened in a highly publicized rape trial. The case involves a 71-year-old man, Dominique Pelicot, who has confessed to drugging his wife and inviting strangers to rape her in their family home between 2011 and 2020. The main accused's ex-wife, Gisèle Pelicot, has hailed the court's decision as a "victory", as it will allow the public to see some of the video recordings of the alleged rapes. The screening of the images will be preceded by an announcement allowing people of a sensitive disposition and minors to leave the courtroom.

  1. FR
    Olivier Lantelme
    1. What is the point of these sickening screenings?
  2. FR
    Jean-Philippe Deniau
    1. When we work on trials about terrorist attacks, crimes, murders ... there are always difficult moments.
  3. FR
    Paul-Roger Gontard
    1. We do not have to move from a popular tribunal in the name of the French people to a tribunal of the crowd.
  4. FR
    Antoine Camus
    1. It is only by viewing [the videos] all together and only all together that we will measure the contribution of each [defendant] on a small scale to this monstrosity that lasted for ten years for Gisèle Pelicot.
    2. Even a defendant said yesterday: 'My word is worthless. It's time to see the videos'.
  5. FR
    Stephane Babonneau
    1. It's a unique case: we don't have one representation of rape. We have dozens, hundreds of videos of a rape.
    2. But if these same hearings, through their publicity, help prevent other women from having to go through this, then she will find meaning in her suffering.
    3. For Gisele Pelicot, it is too late. The harm is done.
    4. Gisele Pelicot thinks that this shock wave is necessary, so that no one can say after this: 'I didn't know this was rape.'

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sources

  1. 1.France 24
  2. 2.Le Monde
  3. 3.CTV News
  4. 4.The New York Times
  5. 5.The Times
  6. 6.Agence France-Presse
  7. 7.Associated Press
  8. 8.France Inter radio
  9. 9.Times

perspectives

  1. 1.Protests
  2. 2.Scandal
  3. 3.Women's Rights
  4. 4.Sexual Aggression
  5. 5.French Politics
  6. 6.Violence against Women

countries

  1. 1.FranceFR

organizations

  1. 1.Association of Court Reporters
  2. 2.Judicial Press Association

persons

  1. 1.Gisèle PélicotFR
  2. 2.Dominique PélicotFR
  3. 3.Roger Arata
  4. 4.Antoine CamusFR
  5. 5.Stephane BabonneauFR
  6. 6.Olivier LantelmeFR
  7. 7.Beatrice ZavarroFR
  8. 8.Catherine Porter
  9. 9.Jean-Philippe DeniauFR
  10. 10.Paul-Roger GontardFR
  11. 11.Stéphane Durand-Souffland

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French judge allows public and press to view video evidence in high-profile rape trial