Ex-husband found guilty in Avignon rape trial that shocked France
Dominique Pelicot was found guilty of aggravated rape of his ex-wife Gisèle in the French city Avignon on Thursday in a trial that has shocked France and the world. The sentence for the 72-year-old man is still pending.
Gisèle Pelicot’s Ex-Husband Found Guilty of Rape as Judges Deliver Verdicts in Historic Trial
Gisèle Pelicot became a hero to many in France and beyond for courageously demanding that all the evidence be heard in open court.
Gisèle Pelicot's ex-husband, over 40 others convicted in rape, drugging trial
Gisèle Pelicot said she had no regrets, but hope for the future after a judge sentenced her ex-husband to 20 years in prison for drugging and raping her for years.
Ex-husband handed 20-year sentence in Avignon rape trial
Dominique Pelicot was handed a 20-year prison sentence on Thursday after being found guilty of the aggravated rape of his ex-wife Gisèle in the French city Avignon in a trial that has shocked France and the world.
Gisèle Pelicot speaks after ex-husband found guilty of rapes, sentenced to 20 years in France
Gisèle Pelicot spoke of her “very difficult ordeal” after 51 men were all found guilty Thursday in the drugging-and-rape trial.
Over 50 men found guilty in Gisèle Pelicot mass rape trial in France
More than 50 men were found guilty of raping and sexually assaulting a 72-year-old French woman, Gisèle Pelicot. Pelicot’s case has garnered international attention as her ex-husband was sentenced to 20 years in prison after he admitted to drugging Gisèle to facilitate the crimes for over a decade.
Gisele Pelicot speaks after ex-husband, dozens of others found guilty of rape
Dominique Pelicot and 50 co-defendants have all been found guilty, with all except one having been charged with rape. The co-defendants were sentenced Thursday to between three an
Gisèle Pelicot mass rape trial: Ex-husband Dominique sentenced to 20 years in prison
Gisèle Pelicot's ex-husband Dominique admitted drugging her repeatedly to rape her, and offering her unconscious body for sex to strangers. After sentencing, Gisèle said she never regretted making the trial public.
On Avignon’s ancient ramparts, modern messages denounce ‘rape culture’
A feminist collective, the Amazons of Avignon, has been plastering the walls of the city with testimony from the trial of the ...
I’m a Legal Historian. This Shocking Trial Was Unlike Any I’ve Ever Seen.
Sara McDougall, a historian at John Jay College of Criminal Justice who specializes in legal history and women’s history, was ...
‘Monster of Avignon’ Who Invited 50 Men to Rape His Drugged Wife Found Guilty
A French man who drugged and raped his wife for nearly a decade—and invited other men to do the same while he filmed them—has ...
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Dominique Pelicot: Ex-wife reacts in court as 'Monster of Avignon' jailed for 20 years in historic rape case
Speaking in court on Thursday, Dominique Pelicot said: "I am guilty of what I did. I subjected my wife, my children, my ...
Gisèle Pelicot’s Australian supporters are moved that their French heroine wore an Aboriginal scarf
A group of Gisele Pelicot’s Australian admirers say they're moved that the victim in France’s notorious drugging-and-rape ...
'Disgusting!' Moment Monster of Avignon is caught upskirting in supermarket
A shocking video has emerged of the husband of Gisele Pelicot upskirting women in a local supermarket. The incident led to ...
Dominique Pelicot jailed for 20 years in landmark French mass rape trial
A French court found Dominique Pelicot guilty on Thursday of repeatedly drugging and raping his wife for almost a decade, and ...
France’s landmark mass rape trial is over. But the Pelicot case demonstrates that systemic violence against women runs deep
It’s the landmark trial that has upended French society and prompted some deep soul searching about sexual violence and ...
With Guilty Verdicts, Rape Victim’s Ordeal in France Becomes a Message of Hope
Dozens of men who abused Gisèle Pelicot were convicted, including the man who invited them to do so: her husband of 50 years.
How Dominique Pelicot orchestrated ’horrendous crime’ that shocked the entire world
Gisele Pelicot from France fell prey to an alleged mass rape orchestrated by her then-husband Dominique Pelicot. The ...