Gisele Picot is calm and composed as she recounts the moment she realised her husband of 50 years had repeatedly drugged her and invited strangers to sexually assault her in their home.
Gisele Pelicot recounts 'scenes of horror' as French trial is told husband drugged and raped her for a decadeGisele Pelicot recounts 'scenes of horror' as French trial is told husband drugged and raped her for a decadeSpeaking slowly and clearly, Gisele Pelicot told the courtroom how her life as she knew it fell apart one day in 2020.
The trial, which began on Monday, will run for four months, with dozens of men including Mr Pelicot charged with a range of offences. Ms Pelicot reiterated that she was "never complicit" and had never "pretended to be asleep" when asked by Judge Roger Arata, who is leading a panel of five judges. The investigators counted about 200 instances of rape, most of them by her husband and more than 90 by strangers, with 72 men taking part in total.The other 21 men were not able to be identified from the footage taken during the crimes.
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