Pelicot chose to hold trial in public, to help other victimsHusband invited strangers to rape her after drugging herPelicot says she is determined society changesSays she has been ‘totally destroyed’
Gisele Pelicot, who was allegedly drugged and raped by men solicited by her husband Dominique Pelicot at their home, outside court in Avignon, France. Photo: Reuters
Gisele Pelicot, the 72-year-old victim of mass rape whose ordeal has shocked the world, told a trial in southern France on Wednesday that she was determined that making her case public should help other women and change society.
Dominique Pelicot, her husband, has admitted to inviting dozens of strangers over nearly ten years to their house to rape her after he had drugged her. Fifty other men also stand trial, accused of raping her.
