Brigitte Macron speaks for the first time on the Mazan rape trial

“Things had to be said and they are.” First lady Brigitte Macron spoke this Monday evening, November 25, on the Mazan rape trial. For ten years, from July 2011 to October 2020, Dominique Pelicot, now 71, had peppered his wife with anxiolytics and then raped her and delivered her to their marital home in Mazan to dozens of men recruited on the internet, via the site coco.fr, since banned. 51 of them, now aged 26 to 74, appeared before the Vaucluse criminal court in Avignon.

With our colleagues from BFMTV, the wife of the President of the Republic considered this “essential trial” and indicated that she brought her “unconditional support for all women”. “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 falling further and further behind us.”estimated Brigitte Macron. “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.”she added.

Maximum sentence required

Brigitte Macron spoke on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, which takes place this November 25 and is supported by the UN. This Monday, she attended the presentation of the sixth prize of the Endowment Fund, a ceremony created by the actress Line Renaud, which each year awards a prize and a financial endowment of 60,000 euros to a researcher to support them in a major scientific advance .

This Monday, the public prosecutor requested the maximum sentence of 20 years of imprisonment against Dominique Pelicot. Sentences of 10 to 13 years were requested against almost all of the other defendants. 4 years were requested for Joseph C., the only one accused of sexual assault and not of aggravated rape. The verdict is expected no later than December 20.