Gisèle Pelicot takes stand in French mass rape trial
She tells a court she wants women who have been raped to know that "it's not for us to have shame - it's for them".
A 'determined' Gisèle Pelicot testifies once again at French mass rape trial
Taking the stand in a French court on Wednesday, Gisèle Pelicot said she was “determined to change things in this society”. Survivor of a mass rape trial that has shocked the world, Pelicot admitted…
'I'm completely destroyed': Gisele Pelicot takes the stand for first time in France mass rape trial
Gisèle Pelicot, the French woman whose husband is on trial for drugging and raping her, took the stand on Wednesday.
Gisèle Pelicot Returns to Court to Testify in Rape Case
Her husband is accused of inviting strangers to sexually assault her while she was drugged and unconscious. The trial has transformed the way France discusses sexual violence.
Gisele Pelicot, French victim of mass rape, testifies once again at trial's midway point
Gisele Pelicot, the 72-year-old victim of mass rape whose ordeal has shocked the world, told a trial in southern France on Wednesday that she was determined that making her case public should help other women and change society. More information with FRANCE 24's Jean-Emile Jammine from the courthouse in Avignon, France.
Gisele Pelicot: Husband 'destroyed' and betrayed me, says woman at centre of France mass rape trial
Ms Pelicot says "shame must change sides" and has waived her right to anonymity in the hope she can give courage to other rape victims.
Court listens as Gisele Pelicot describes being 'raped 100 times'
Dominique Pelicot, 72, drugged his unsuspecting wife Gisele , 71, in a decade-long campaign so that dozens of men could rape and abuse her, while he watched and filmed them.
'Rape culture is omnipresent in the courtroom,' as 50 men are facing trial for raping Gisele Pelicot
Dominique Pelicot has admitted to drugging his wife and recruiting dozens of men online to rape her while she was unconscious and 50 men are facing trial alongside him. Despite video evidence against them, at least 35 of the defendants have denied the rape charges, claiming that Dominique Pelicot tricked them into believing they were taking part in a sex game, or that Gisele Pelicot was feigning sleep. Cynthia Illouz, founder of "The Women's Voices," speaks to FRANCE 24.
Gisèle Pelicot says rape horror carried out by her husband 'completely destroyed' her life
Gisèle Pelicot, 72, said she doesn't know if she will ever "understand" her husband's actions as she took the stand in the harrowing mass rape trial for the first time
Gisele Pelicot's husband took her to doctors for symptoms he inflicted by drugging her
Gisèle Pélicot, 72, told the court her husband accompanied her to medical appointments about her worrying physical symptoms - before she knew she had been drugged and raped by him
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