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Gisèle Pelicot (French: [ʒizɛl peliko] ⓘ; born 7 December 1952) is a French woman who was the victim of the Mazan rapes. From 2011 to 2020, her then-husband, Dominique Pelicot, covertly drugged and raped her and also invited at least 83 men, mostly contacted through an unmoderated French website, to rape her while she was unconscious.
An illustration of Gisèle Pelicot. Gisèle and Dominique Pelicot were both born in 1952, and married in 1973. [1] Gisèle was born in the city of Villingen in West Germany to a French family. [1] Her father was in the military and, despite losing her mother at the age of nine, she described a happy childhood. She met her husband, who she said ...
DOMINIQUE PELICOT, 72, married Gisele in 1973. The couple, who are now divorced, had three children and Gisele said she had thought that they had a happy marriage. Professionally, Pelicot appeared ...
Gisele Pelicot's public appearances made all the difference, sending a clear message to sexual abuse survivors they weren't alone. By doing so, she helped curb stigma. By doing so, she helped curb ...
Others claimed Dominique Pelicot had intimidated them. There are very few clear patterns or shared characteristics among the 51 men on trial. They represent a wide spectrum in society: three ...
For months, protesters swarmed the courtroom in France, cheering Gisele Pelicot and the feminist motto her case sparked – 'shame must change sides.' 51 'Mr. Everymans' were found guilty of rape ...
A landmark mass rape trial in France has exposed abuse orchestrated by the victim's husband, and a culture that many activists say is sexist, tolerant of violence toward women and resistant to change.
A French court on Thursday sentenced Dominique Pelicot, the ex-husband of Gisele Pelicot, to 20 years imprisonment for repeatedly drugging her and recruiting dozens of other men to rape her while ...