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Man accused of drugging spouse so dozens of males may rape her testifies in French court docket
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Man accused of drugging spouse so dozens of males may rape her testifies in French court docket

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Man accused of drugging spouse so dozens of males may rape her testifies in French court docket

Gisele Pelicot, left, arrives within the Avignon court docket home, in Avignon, southern France, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024.

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AVIGNON, France — A person accused of drugging his then-wife and welcoming dozens of males to rape her over practically a decade is testifying in court docket on Tuesday in southern France, in a case that has shocked the nation.

Dominique Pélicot, now 71, faces 20 years in jail if convicted. Whereas he beforehand confessed to investigators, the court docket testimony can be essential for the panel of judges to resolve on the destiny of some 50 different males standing trial alongside him, all accused of raping Gisèle Pélicot.

Many additionally hope his testimony will shed some mild — to attempt to perceive the unthinkable.

Gisèle Pélicot has develop into a logo of the combat towards sexual violence in France for agreeing to waive her anonymity within the case, letting the trial be public, and showing overtly in entrance of the media. She is predicted to talk in court docket after her ex-husband’s testimony on Tuesday.

Beneath French legislation, the proceedings contained in the courtroom can’t be filmed or photographed. Dominique Pélicot is delivered to the court docket by a particular entrance inaccessible for the media, as a result of he and another defendants are being held in custody in the course of the trial. Defendants who will not be in custody come to the trial carrying surgical masks or hoods to keep away from having their faces filmed or photographed.

Bernadette Tessonière, a 69-year-old retiree who lives a half-hour drive from Avignon, the place the trial is going down, arrived exterior the courthouse at 7:15 a.m. to ensure she would safe a seat within the carefully watched case.

“How is it possible that in 50 years of communal life, one can live next to someone who hides his life so well? This is scary,” she stated, whereas standing in a line exterior the courthouse. “I don’t have much hope that what he did can be explained, but he is at least going to give some elements.”

Pélicot’s much-awaited testimony was delayed by days after he fell ailing, affected by a kidney stone and urinary an infection, his legal professionals stated.

A safety agent caught Pélicot in 2020 filming movies below girls’s skirts in a grocery store, in response to court docket paperwork. Police searched Pélicot’s home and digital units, and located hundreds of pictures and movies of males participating in sexual acts with Gisèle Pélicot whereas she seems to lie unconscious on their mattress.

With the recordings, police had been in a position to monitor down a majority of the 72 suspects they had been searching for.

Gisèle Pélicot and her husband of fifty years had three kids. Once they retired, the couple left the Paris area to maneuver right into a home in Mazan, a small city in Provence.

When law enforcement officials referred to as her in for questioning in late 2020, she initially instructed them her husband was “an awesome man,” in response to authorized paperwork. They then confirmed her some pictures. She left her husband and they’re now divorced.

In addition to Pélicot, 50 different males, aged 26 to 74, are standing trial. Many deny having raped Gisèle Pélicot, saying they had been manipulated by her ex-husband or claiming they believed she was consenting.

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