""Fifty-three men had come to our house to rape me," she recalls being told. This shocking disclosure forms part of her public testimony of survival and courage, detailed in a new book and her first series of interviews since a landmark 2024 trial. The legal proceedings, which until now had largely been reserved for French courts, transformed Ms Pelicot into a global icon against sexual violence."
"From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground."
The Independent reports on reproductive rights, climate change and Big Tech and sends journalists to developing stories. The outlet investigates topics such as the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC and produced the documentary 'The A Word' about American women fighting for reproductive rights. The Independent remains accessible without paywalls and solicits donations to fund reporters to present both sides of stories. Gisele Pelicot revealed that a French police officer told her "Fifty-three men had come to our house to rape me." Her testimony, extracts from her book "A Hymn to Life, Shame Has to Change Sides" and a 2024 trial exposed her husband Dominique Pelicot's role in drugging her and facilitating assaults, resulting in his imprisonment.
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