Dominique Pelicot, the man convicted of raping his wife and of inviting dozens of others to join him in the abuse, did not ...
Dominique Pelicot was accused of repeatedly drugging and raping his wife, Gisèle Pelicot, and orchestrating her abuse by at ...
It’s the landmark trial that has upended French society and prompted some deep soul searching about sexual violence and ...
The Pelicot rape trial, which ended in France on Thursday, held a terrible fascination for almost every woman I know. As it ...
Campaigners say this case proves the need for consent to be built into France's rape laws, as in other European countries.
Rape was the most frequently convicted crime in French courts last year, with 1,800 cases resulting in convictions, a Justice ...
Thank you.” The former home of Dominique and Gisele Pelicot in Mazan, France. It was here where he invited men to rape his wife after drugging her with sedatives. Shutterstock She also thanked ...
The verdict capped a trial that has horrified France, prompted profound discussions about rape culture and toxic masculinity, and turned Gisèle Pelicot, his wife of 50 years, into a feminist hero.
AVIGNON, France — A court in France on Thursday sentenced the ex-husband of Gisèle Pelicot to a maximum 20 years of imprisonment for drugging and raping her and allowing other men to rape her ...
Pelicot’s ex-husband, Dominique Pelicot, and all but one of his co-defendants were convicted of sexually assaulting her over ...
Data show that survivors of sexual violence don’t tend to come forward in France. Only 10% of victims of rape even report the crime to the justice system. And of those reports, only 1 to 4% end ...