At the Mazan trial, these accused were convinced of having been drugged by Dominique Pelicot

LTheir faces and bodies have been displayed for several weeks on the screens of the Avignon criminal court. Impossible to deny the obvious: these men came to Mazan to perform sexual acts on a sleeping victim. If most still deny the “intention” to rape, denouncing a trap set by Dominique Pelicot, a handful go further. According to our count, at least six accused put forward the hazardous theory according to which they were “drugged” by Gisèle Pelicot’s husband.

“My body raped, but not my brain”, dares Christian L for example. As if to put the horror of rape at bay. In the video shown in court on Friday November 15, this professional firefighter is busy, in 2019, on a sleeping Gisèle Pelicot. We hear his snoring. Chris…