Gisèle Pélicot and her children requested and obtained publicity for the proceedings. The accused, but also the prosecution, would have wanted them to be held in camera.
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Permanent envoy to Paris
By Joëlle Meskens Published on 09/02/2024 at 6:29 p.m.
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Special envoy to Avignon
Lhen she leaves the courtroom this Monday at noon, Gisèle Pélicot is not afraid to take off her sunglasses to face the many cameras. What she feels, she will not say before testifying on Thursday at the trial of her husband and the fifty rapists who abused her, for nearly ten years, while she had been sedated each time with powerful anxiolytics. But her message is read on her face of a dignified septuagenarian who is not afraid of being recognized. Shame will not be on her side.
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