From the opening of this emblematic trial of sexual violence and chemical submission, on September 2, in Avignon, this man, one of the 18 accused appearing detained, had admitted “in their entirety” the facts with which he is accused.
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And when he went for the first time to Mazan, to the Pelicot home, in spring 2020, in full confinement in the face of Covid 19, just after a separation, it was because of his “overflowing sexuality”, a- he dared to explain: “I was unable to assert myself in front of Mr. Pelicot. I don’t know how to say ‘no’ to Mr. Pelicot”, he continues.
The main accused in this trial scheduled until December 20, Dominique Pelicot is accused of having drugged his wife with anxiolytics, before raping her and having her raped by dozens of strangers recruited on the internet, for ten years, between 2011 and 2020.
Like the other co-defendants, Jérôme V. had met Dominique Pelicot on the site Coco.fr, which has since been closed by the courts.
“His mode of operation was to throw out photos (of his wife) in the process, to hope that it might cause a reaction,” he said. “And for a profile like mine,” it worked, said this competitive athlete, a fan of marathons and hiking.
“In my case, these photos had an impact. I wanted to get away from it, I was running away, I hoped that he would no longer contact me, but I did nothing to make it stop,” he said. -he conceded. And so he returned six times, between March 29 and June 19, 2020.
“It’s complicated to tell you why I wasn’t able to say ‘this has to stop’. I was afraid of the impact, that he would release the photos” (Editor’s note: of him raping Ms. Pelicot) , he added from the dock, under the nonchalant gaze of Dominique Pelicot.
Described as “weak”, “naive”, “not very assertive” and “not very assertive” by psychological experts, Jérôme V. felt that he had been “under the influence” of Dominique Pelicot.
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