Dominique Pelicot, “conductor” of this criminal scheme, will have the opportunity to speak first. Throughout the trial, he admitted to drugging and raping his wife, as well as to offering men to come and have sex with his wife when she was asleep.
The floor will then be given to the 49 other accused present. The vast majority deny having intended to rape Gisèle Pelicot, believing to have been manipulated by her husband after being contacted on the Coco.gg forum.
Aged 22 to 67 at the time of the facts – 27 to 74 today -, from all social backgrounds, they were identified in the videos filmed by Dominique Pelicot. A majority of them requested, through their lawyer, to be acquitted.
The president of the Vaucluse criminal court should give them around fifteen minutes each, maximum, to express themselves.
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