Gisele Pelicot, the 72-year-old victim of mass rape, said she was determined that making her case public should help other women and change society.
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.
“I’ve decided not to be ashamed, I’ve done nothing wrong,” Gisele Pelicot, who has become a symbol of the fight against sexual violence, told the court in Avignon. “They are the ones who must be ashamed,” she said, adding that having videos, filmed by her husband, of some of her rapes, shown during the trial, was “very difficult but necessary.”
Protests have been organised across France to show support for Gisele Pelicot, with many women expressing admiration for her courage.“It’s not courage. It’s determination to change things,” she said. “This is not just my battle, but that of all rape victims.”
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