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Frenchman on trial for allegedly drugging wife and recruiting dozens of men to rape her
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A 72-year-old woman was allegedly raped by more than 80 men, with 51 of them identified, in a case that is being tried in Avignon. The husband, Dominique Pélilot, admitted to mixing ground sleeping pills and tranquillizers into his wife's food and drink, and has been accused of orchestrating the abuse. The case has sparked widespread outrage and protests, with feminists and others calling for justice for the victim.
She knew nothing of what was inflicted on her. She had no memory of the rapes she suffered.
He recognizes that he's done what he has done.
He recognizes what he did and there has not been an ounce of protest since the beginning.
One morning she woke in a panic with a new haircut without understanding how this was possible. She went to her hairdresser, who told her she had been in the previous day.
Whether one likes it or not, this trial goes beyond the limits of this courtroom. And going behind closed doors also means asking my client to be locked in a place with those who attacked her.
She wants people to know what happened to her and believes that she has no reason to hide. No one can imagine that my client will find any satisfaction in exposing what she has suffered. She wants this hearing to be open so that justice can be done in public.
It was unbearable for her to hear people say they thought she was pretending to sleep and were convinced it was consensual.
I put her to sleep, I offered her, and I filmed.
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sources
- 1.The New York Times
- 2.The Guardian
- 3.France 24
- 4.The Times
- 5.CNN
- 6.CTV News
- 7.The Washington Post
- 8.Agence France-Presse
- 9.Times
- 10.BFMTV
- 11.France Bleu
- 12.Le Monde
perspectives
countries
- 1.France
organizations
persons
- 1.Dominique Pélicot
- 2.Antoine Camus
- 3.Beatrice Zavarro
- 4.Gisèle Pélicot
- 5.Stephane Babonneau
- 6.Roger Arata
- 7.Catherine Porter
- 8.Ségolène Le Stradic
- 9.Sophie Narme
- 10.Angus MacSwan
- 11.Christophe Huguenin-Virchaux
- 12.Ingrid Melander