"When a police officer led Gisele Pelicot into a separate room, she had no idea she would not see her husband again outside a courtroom. An officer showed her images of a woman being sexually assaulted. At first, she did not realize the woman in the photos was herself. Investigators discovered over 20,000 images of non-consensual sex. For 10 years, Dominique Pelicot repeatedly drugged his wife and, through the dark web, recruited men from their neighborhood to rape her while she was unconscious."
"The trial of Dominique Pelicot and 50 of his accomplices — all those who could be identified — took place in fall 2024. Gisele Pelicot emerged as a global feminist figure. Weeks earlier, she had decided the trial would be public, and should have a face: hers. The horrific videos were to be shown in open court. "Shame has to change sides," she said, holding perpetrators and enablers accountable and challenging a culture of blaming survivors."
In November 2020, Gisele Pelicot went to a police station after her husband Dominique had been arrested earlier for voyeurism. Investigators revealed over 20,000 images and learned that for about 10 years he repeatedly drugged his wife and used the dark web to recruit men from their neighborhood to rape her while she was unconscious. The abuse occurred at least 200 times. The criminal trial of Dominique and about 50 identified accomplices occurred in fall 2024. Gisele made the trial public, insisted the videos be shown in open court, and demanded that shame shift onto perpetrators and enablers.
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