Gisèle Pelicot, the woman who was mass raped by dozens of men after being drugged by her husbandstated this Wednesday during the trial being held in Avignon (France) against her rapists that it is “a totally destroyed woman”. For the first time, Gisèle Pelicot has addressed her husband, the main accusedwhom he has accused of a “immeasurable betrayal”.
“How could you betray me like that? Let these strangers enter our room”said Gisèle Pelicot, during a speaking turn in which she pointed out that, four years after finding out about the abuse to which she was subjected. Gisèle Pelicot, however, has avoided looking directly at her ex-husband, whom she has called by his first name, Dominique, because of the “emotional burden.”
Fifty people sit on the bench during a trial that takes place with the public and in which videos have been seen proving the violations. Gisèle Pelicot, despite feeling “hurt” and “questioned” During the eight weeks that the process has already lasted, he has defended his decision that the hearings not take place behind closed doors. “I have become aware that I do not have to be ashamed, I have nothing to blame myself for, I have suffered 100 rapes,” he said.
“When I made the decision, I was aware that I should not be ashamed. That I could not blame myself for anything,” he stressed, alluding to the abuse suffered in the family home in the small town of Mazan at least between 2011 and 2020. , according to the testimony collected by the French media.
Looking back, Gisèle Pelicot recalled the “50 years of life together” with her now ex-husband, with whom she had three children. “You were an attentive father, with whom to share difficult moments, holidays, birthdays, Christmas,” he indicated.
Gisèle Pelicot has always defended that she wanted to expose the trial and the accused with the aim of Help other victims of chemical submission and abuse and has used her own case to emphasize again that the threat may be within the home. “You don’t always find the rapist in a parking lot, late at night. He can also be among your family, your friends,” he warned.
He also took advantage of his new testimony to reiterate that There are no different degrees of violations: “There is violation and that’s it”after some lawyers have tried to downplay the seriousness of their clients’ actions.
“For me they are rapists and will continue to be,” declared Gisèle Pelicot, who showed her anger at some of the testimonies of the accused and some of the questions from the defense lawyers.
The last time he spoke was to denounce “a humiliation” in some of the testimonies and in the strategies of some of the defenses: “They came to rape me, what I hear in this room is so degrading.”
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