the last interrogation of Dominique Pelicot, before the start of the pleadings

Hello everyone. Dominique Pelicot will be questioned for the last time in this extraordinary trial.

Yesterday, the main accused was questioned at length by the defense lawyers. He justified his actions by describing his “fantasy” of “subduing a rebellious woman.” Fantasy stemming, according to him, from a rape that he says he suffered at the age of 9 and from another rape in which he was forced to participate at the age of 14.

At 7 p.m., the president of the Vaucluse criminal court suspended the hearing. It will resume this morning with the last questions of an accused of the defense and especially those of his lawyer, Me Zavarro.