Dominique Pelicot, 71 years old, He is on trial in France for having drugged his wife for a decade so that she would be raped by strangers contacted through the internet.
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This man, apparently a “loving” grandfather and exemplary neighbor, hid a double life that has surprised those around him. His grandchildren adored him, because he accompanied them in their sports activities. and helped them with their homework.
With his neighbours, he would go for bike rides on Mont Ventoux, near his home in Mazan. No one suspected his hidden side.
Psychiatrists and psychologists have begun to investigate Pelicot’s profile to understand his behaviour. According to his daughter Caroline, “he only tells part of the truth when he feels cornered.” A psychologist On Friday he described the “double face” of this manhighlighting its capacity for manipulation.
There are photos all over the internet of Gisele Pelicot, but very few of her husband Dominique Pelicot (our first pic).
And almost none of the 72 men (as in the other 3 pics) have public profiles: these are men who raped her after her husband drugged her and are responsible… pic.twitter.com/BDv8UzgyCU
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During the day, Pelicot appeared to be a coherent and kind person, but at night he turned into a rapist. Expert Bruno Daunizeau compared his case to the figure of ‘Dr. Jekyll’, the sinister scientist from the famous novel by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Psychologist Marianne Douteau, the first expert to testify in court on Monday, described Dominique Pelicot as a man of “choleric” character, who inspired “fear” and was surrounded by “lies and secrecy.”
These personality traits seemed to be reflected in Pelicot’s relationship with his own father, whom he hated. Coming from a family that ran a hotel-restaurant, Dominique worked in the nuclear industry before moving into real estate, where he was not very successful.
As for her sex life, Douteau explained that Pelicot’s sexuality reflected her personality: “ordinary in public”, but with a “tenacious” side within her relationship.
His wife and victim, Gisèle Pelicot, was strongly opposed to partner swapping proposals, something the accused tried to compensate for by participating in pornographic chat sites.
Despite these private behaviors, his ex-wife declared on Thursday that, In 50 years, I never saw him say anything inappropriate or obscene about a woman.. Lawyers confirmed that the divorce was finalized in August.
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More details emerge in this dark and twisted case out of Avignon, France. Dominique and Gisele Pèlicot’s daughter, Caroline Darian, 45, testified in court that her father was the “worst sexual predator of the last… pic.twitter.com/mKABUvKwUW
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The main victim, Gisèle Pelicot, recalled the “seductive young man with long hair” she fell in love with in the summer of 1971. Together they formed what she described as a “fusional couple”, with no apparent impositions.
However, behind this facade, Dominique Pelicot hid a dark reality. According to investigations, He was the recruiter of unknown men who raped his drugged wife approximately 200 times between July 2011 and October 2020.
The abuse began in the Paris region and continued in Mazan, where the couple lived.
The defense denounces threats
Dominique Pelicot’s lawyers announced to the press on Monday that they will file complaints for the threats received following the dissemination of the accused’s personal data on social media.
The case, which has captured worldwide attention, has sparked a series of reactions, including the exposure of private information, leading the defense to take legal action to protect its clients.
According to several psychiatric examinations carried out during the investigation, the accused does not suffer from “any mental pathology or abnormality” but rather suffers from a “sexual deviation or voyeuristic paraphilia.”
Reports describe Pelicot as a “manipulator” with a “perverse” personalitywho used his wife as “bait” and fell into a “dynamic of sexual addiction.”
‘You’re like me – you like rape mode’.
That is just one of a torrent of depraved messages sent by Dominique Pelicot to dozens of men he invited to sexually abuse his wife Gisele – each episode of which he meticulously curated and cataloged over a period of nine years. pic.twitter.com/t5pNiNdQS0
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In 2020, he was arrested after being caught filming up the skirts of female customers in a shopping centre. At the time, Pelicot expressed his “relief” at being arrested as he was “not able” to stop himself. However, his family has begun to question his statements. His daughter Caroline claimed that he “only tells part of the truth when he is cornered”.
Following the testimony of his ex-wife and daughter last week, and that of his other two children scheduled for this Monday, it is expected that Pelicot’s first questioning is expected to take place on Tuesday afternoon.
The defendant skipped court hearings on Monday, citing intestinal pain, and was described as very weak as he entered the court, leaning on a cane, an AFP journalist noted.
In addition to Dominique Pelicot, the trial will see 50 other men tried, one of them in absentia, for aggravated rape, a crime that carries penalties of up to 20 years in prison.
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