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France's Largest Rape Trial: A Survivor's Story
14 Feb
Summary
- Gisèle Pelicot discovered her husband drugged her for years.
- Dozens of men repeatedly raped her while she was unconscious.
- She chose to waive anonymity to support other victims.
Gisèle Pelicot, the central figure in France's largest rape trial, shared her harrowing experience of discovering her husband repeatedly drugged her into unconsciousness. She recounted how this allowed dozens of men to rape her over many years, a realization that left her 'crushed by horror.'
Pelicot described the moment a policeman showed her photographic evidence as the beginning of her 'descent into hell.' She learned her husband had secretly filmed, cataloged, and stored thousands of images and videos of her assaults. Many perpetrators remained unidentified.
