Gisele Pelicot, who has allegedly been drugged and raped by men solicited by her husband Dominique Pelicot at their home in the southern French town of Mazan, attends the trial of her husband with 50 co-accused, at the courthouse in Avignon, France, October 23, 2024. REUTERS/Manon Cruz
AVIGNON, France (Reuters) - 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.
Dominique Pelicot, her husband, has admitted to inviting dozens of strangers over nearly ten years to their house to rape her after he had drugged her. Fifty other men also stand trial, accused of raping her.
