"Dominique Pelicot has taken the decision to not appeal the verdict," his lawyer Beatrice Zavarro told AFP and Franceinfo. An appeal "would force Gisele (Pelicot) to undergo a new ordeal, new ...

France's trial of a man who drugged his wife so dozens of strangers could rape her while unconscious has been both ordinary ...

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A group of Gisèle Pelicot’s Australian admirers say they're moved that the victim in France’s notorious drugging-and-rape ...

Sara McDougall, a historian at John Jay College of Criminal Justice who specializes in legal history and women’s history, was ...

Described as the "Devil of Avignon", Dominique spent a decade drugging and assaulting his wife Gisèle and offering her up to some 70 strangers. Gisèle Pelicot speaks to press after the ...

Gisèle Pelicot leaves the courthouse with her lawyer Stéphane Babonneau after the verdict in the trial for Dominique Pelicot and 50 co-accused, in Avignon, France, December 19, 2024. ALEXANDRE D ...

And now peace. "The criminal hearing is adjourned," Roger Arata, the presiding judge at the criminal court in Avignon, said on Thursday, December 19. After three months and 17 days, the courtroom ...

The 72-year-old who refused to remain an anonymous victim wore the silk scarf several times during the trial in Avignon, including when 51 men were convicted and sentenced to prison for molesting ...

AVIGNON, France — Gisèle Pelicot spoke of her “very difficult ... An East Bay woman said she was sex trafficked for years; ...

Speaking after the sentences were handed down in Avignon on Thursday, she said she "never regretted" making the trial public. "I want any woman who wakes up one morning with no memories of the ...