Gisele Pelicot's Ex-Husband Dominique Jailed For 20 Years In Mass Rape Trial
Caroline Darian and David Pelicot (R) arrive at the courthouse in Avignon on December 19, 2024, as the verdict is expected in the trial of their father, with 50 others, accused of drugging his wife and orchestrating multiple rapes over nearly a decade. 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 Gisele Pelicot 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. Dominique Pelicot is jailed for 20 years after drugging his ex-wife Gisèle and recruiting strangers to rape her for years Fifty other men are now being sentenced alongside him. Dominique, 72, showed no emotion as the verdicts were read out. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM
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