The wife of the Head of State, Brigitte Macron, attended the presentation of the 6th prize of the Line Renaud and Loulou Gasté Endowment Fund this Monday evening, a ceremony created by the actress Line Renaud to present a prize accompanied by a beautiful financial endowment to support a researcher in making a major scientific breakthrough.
At the microphone of BFMTV, present on this occasion, Brigitte Macron reacted to the Mazan rape trial, the indictments of which began this Monday. The first lady wanted to provide her “unconditional support to all women”. “Things had to be said and they are,” added Brigitte Macron, on this international day for the elimination of violence against women, evoking the courage of Gisèle Pélicot.
The head of state's wife gave her “unconditional support to all women” during her quick interview with journalists from the 24-hour news channel. “It’s true that we see me more in the realm of childhood and adolescence, but I am with all women in all battles. Everywhere we go in the world we see how much we have to fight because rights are increasingly in decline,” underlined the tenant of the Élysée.
“I want to tell them how much the president and I stand in solidarity with them and we will help them as much as possible. We have to be there and be vigilant,” Brigitte Macron also told BFMTV.
The prosecution on Monday requested sentences of four to twenty years of criminal imprisonment against the first 21 of the 51 accused in the Mazan rape trial, most of them tried for aggravated rape of Gisèle Pélicot.
The maximum sentence was requested against Dominique Pélicot, this septuagenarian who for a decade had raped his now ex-wife, after having drugged her with anxiolytics, and had handed her over to dozens of men recruited on the Internet. The indictment will continue Tuesday and perhaps Wednesday
