Pelicot Mass Rape Trial - Avignon
Beatrice Zavarro, lawyer of defendant Dominique Pelicot answers journalists' questions after a hearing at the trial of her client accused of drugging his wife for nearly ten years and inviting strangers to rape her at their home in Mazan, a small town in the south of France, in Avignon, on December 16, 2024. A court in the French southern town of Avignon is trying Dominique Pelicot, a 71-year-old retiree, for repeatedly raping and enlisting dozens of strangers to rape his heavily sedated wife in her own bed over a decade. Fifty other men, aged between 26 and 74, are also on trial for alleged involvement, in a case that has horrified France. The court proceedings, which runs until December, are open to the public at the request of Dominique Pelicot's ex-wife and victim. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM
- Product Code
- ILEA003743848
- Registered date
- 2024/12/16 00:00:00
- Credit
- Abaca Press / Kyodo News Images
- Media source
- Coust Laurent/ABACA
- Media size
- 5079 × 3386 pixel
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- 12.02(MB)*
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