Gisèle Pelicot’s family, the French woman victim of multiple violations organized by her husband, is “shattered” For the trial that has led her husband to prison for two decades.
Pelicot, 72, was surrounded by their three adult children When he first appeared as the main witness of the accusation against Dominique Pelicot, also 72 years.
The man He was accused of drugping his wife for almost 10 years and after allowing dozens of men who knew online. But when a jury in Aviñón, in southern France, declared him guilty of aggravated rape last month, a deep gap had already opened.
Pélicot’s lawyer, Stéphane Babonneau, has declared this Sunday at Sunday Times: “When sexual aggressions occur Within a family, the family tearand that is what happened here. It is very sad, that’s why sexual aggressions have such great impact, even throughout generations. “
Babonneau did not want to go into details of the family dispute, but it is believed that they are related to the only daughter of the Pelicot, Caroline Drian, 46. She insists that she was also drugged And attacked by his father, but no evidence has never emerged that supports this statement.
In turn, Daraian is angry because her mother has not supported her in her own criminal complaints. Dary has written a book about his terrible experience, in which he writes: “Because of my father, now I’m losing my mother.”
After 51 men, including Dominique Pélicot, were convicted of various crimes, including aggravated violationin December, Draian’s plans for a family party were canceled. Babonneau did not say if the family spent Christmas and the New Year together.
On the other hand, she said that Pedot, who divorced her husband in summer, now lives in a secret direction in a French town and has stopped using her married name. This means that He has moved from the former family home in Mazannear Aviñón, where the violations occurred.
Babonneau said he was “Trying to remain normal, And the way to do it is to return to normal life. “The lawyer added:” He also has to adapt to the fact that he cannot go to the supermarket without being recognized, and he is not an actress or a celebrity, it is only because he participated in A trial “.
Despite the division, Babonneau said: “All are genuine people who are trying to get ahead, and when Gisèle spoke after the verdict, His first words were for his family. “
Of the 51 convicted men, 17 have appealed And there are at least 20 aggressors who were never identified. They were captured in videos recorded by Dominique Pélicot in which his wife is seen being mistreated. Those images, which he stored on his own devices, served as proof of the accusation against Pelicot.
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