Gisele Pelicot could have chosen to keep the trial behind closed doors but she decided it was important for all to hear her story and to shame the accused men.
: If the sight of dozens of men accused of raping her, including her husband of many decades, upset Gisele Pelicot, she did not let it show. She swept into a packed courtroom on Thursday with steely poise, her face composed, her eyes dry beneath sunglasses. Her adult children trailed behind her.
There are so many men on trial that the court had to build a second glass box in the courtroom for those in custody. They include firemen, soldiers, truck drivers, an IT expert. They range in age from 26 to 74. Many are in stable relationships and have children.Dominique Pelicot has pleaded guilty to all the charges against him, including aggravated rape and drugging.
Pelicot told the court she had trusted her husband implicitly and she said they had what she considered a normal sex life.After she retired in 2013, they moved from the Paris region to Mazan, a small town in southern France. Her husband drove her to appointments with specialists, one of whom did a CT scan of her brain. She was never given a satisfactory explanation.
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