Dozens of accused deny rape, despite video evidence showing unconscious Gisèle Pelicot snoring loudly
Gisèle Pelicot told the court in Avignon this week she felt ‘destroyed’ but was driven by the determination to expose ‘rape culture’.Gisèle Pelicot told the court in Avignon this week she felt ‘destroyed’ but was driven by the determination to expose ‘rape culture’., Patrice N, 55, an electrician from the southern town of Carpentras, said he was a “jovial” guy and a fun dad who once trained youth football teams and had a “great respect for women”.
After dozens of accused men have testified that they did not think what happened was rape, her lawyers said the court hearings have exposed a “profound problem” in society’s attitudes to sexual violence. One of the judges asked Patrice N: “You heard him say he delivered his drugged wife to men in laybys, but you did nothing to help her, you didn’t report it?”He said: “I didn’t want to waste my time at the police station. I’m a humble neighbourhood electrician.
Abdelali D, 47, a former canteen worker who had suffered a stroke since his arrest, said he went to the Pelicots’ home twice and raped Gisèle Pelicot when she was in a comatose state. The first time, one January night in 2018, he had asked his then girlfriend to drive him to the Pelicots’ village and wait an hour for him in the car. She told the court she had driven him because she was worried about him driving drunk.
“There is never an obligation to have sexual relations with your husband. Do you understand that? … Gisèle Pelicot says you have no responsibility whatsoever in the fact that your husband decided to do what he did.”
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