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Thursday, December 19, 2024
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Thursday, December 19, 2024
French court convicts man of orchestrating mass rape of ex-wife Gisèle Pelicot
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Gisele Pelicot arrives with her lawyers Antoine Camus (C) and Stephane Babonneau (R) at the courthouse in Avignon on December 19, 2024, as the verdict is expected in the trial of her ex-husband, with 50 others, accused of drugging her and orchestrating multiple rapes over nearly a decade. (Photo by Clement MAHOUDEAU / AFP)
A court convicts of aggravated rape a French man for orchestrating the mass rapes of his now former wife Gisele Pelicot by dozens of strangers he recruited online.
Dominique Pelicot, who had already confessed to the crimes, was found guilty by the court in the southern city of Avignon after an over three month trial that shocked France and turned his former wife Gisele Pelicot into a feminist hero.
He faces the maximum term of 20 years in jail when the judge later announces sentencing.
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