Episode 2788
Gisèle Pelicot
Fri, 2024-Dec-20 01:51 UTC
Length - 2:13
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With 476,894 views on Thursday, 19 December 2024 our article of the day is Gisèle Pelicot.
Gisèle Pelicot (born 7 December 1952) is a French woman who was the victim of the Mazan mass rape case. From 2011 to 2020, her then-husband, Dominique Pelicot, covertly drugged and raped her and also invited at least 83 men he had contacted, mostly through an unmoderated French website, to rape her while she was unconscious. Pelicot only became aware of the abuse in 2020, when Dominique Pelicot was arrested for upskirting women in a local supermarket and a police search of his computer equipment revealed images of her being raped.
When Dominique Pelicot went on trial for aggravated rape, attempted rape, and sexual assault in Avignon in 2024, along with 50 other men, Pelicot waived her right to anonymity and a trial behind closed doors. The trial attracted worldwide media attention, and Pelicot's dignity and determination to speak out on behalf of all victims of sexual assault won her widespread support and admiration. She became a feminist icon and featured in the BBC's 2024 list of 100 women of the year and the Financial Times list of the 25 most influential women of the year. In December 2024, 50 of the 51 men on trial, including Dominique Pelicot, were convicted of raping, attempting to rape, and sexually assaulting Pelicot, with her former husband receiving the maximum 20-year sentence. The 51st man was convicted of raping his own wife.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:51 UTC on Friday, 20 December 2024.
For the full current version of the article, see Gisèle Pelicot on Wikipedia.
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