Cédric G. gets up, and we think we see Dominique Pelicot twenty years old and 20 kilos lighter. The hairline, the gray hair, the rectangular face: the resemblance is uncanny. Cédric G. begins to speak, recounts his journey and reveals his personality, and the invisible similarities are revealed, even more disturbing, between this 50-year-old former record store owner and the main accused.
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Questioned by the Vaucluse criminal court, Friday November 8, Cédric G. appeared to be the co-accused closest to the split, manipulative and deviant personality of Dominique Pelicot, with whom he also has in common having been victim of rape in her youth – at 12, by an uncle who forced fellatio on her. The person concerned recognized himself in the portrait of Dominique Pelicot painted by the psychiatric experts at the start of the trial: “I wondered if they were talking about me or him. A huge slap in the face. »
The starting point of his drift was, according to him, in a violent breakup at the age of 20, which earned him a suspended sentence, dismissal and rejection from his friends. “I lost everything at that moment, I felt a kind of anger, hatred, I needed an outletsays Cédric G. I could have fallen into alcohol or drugs. I turn to sex. » “Premium rate numbers in 08” that he calls from his parents' house are a paltry preamble to disaster. “I think that in terms of deviance, I have broken quite a few records”admits Cédric G., the other capital pervert in this trial.
“He made people believe I was dead”
On Monday, three former companions took the stand, three victims of the distribution on the Internet, without their knowledge, of intimate photos and videos – Cédric G. was sentenced for this in 2022 – three astonishing depositions. Marion (first names have been changed), his girlfriend between 2013 and 2018, said that one day she started receiving messages from strangers: Cédric G. had also broadcast, on Coco.fr, while they were in a relationship, “my name, my telephone number, my social networks, my double-sided identity card, the address of my office, so that I would be harassed, which was the case for years”.
Then Stéphanie arrived, in the wheelchair where she was confined by multiple sclerosis diagnosed a few weeks before meeting Cédric G. ” A dayshe told the court, my mother started receiving phone calls and messages of condolences, even though I was still alive. » Cédric G., in conflict with his superiors and threatened with dismissal, had come out with the ultimate lie. “As everyone knew that I had multiple sclerosis, he made his superiors believe that I had died. This allowed him to obtain a conventional termination. »
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