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Paris CNN —Seventeen men convicted in the Pelicot mass rape trial have appealed the verdict, according to the prosecutor’s office in the French city of Avignon. All 51 men on trial were found guilty of rape or sexual assault when the trial concluded earlier this month. The monthslong, landmark trial shocked France and international observers and forced the country to confront a culture where pervasive misogyny and systemic sexual assault remain rife. Speaking at the trial’s conclusion outside the courtoom in Avignon, she underscored her solidarity with other sexual assault survivors. “Rape is rape,” she said in court in November.
Persons: Pelicot, Gisèle Pelicot –, Béatrice Zavarro, Zavarro, Gisele, , Pelicot’s, Gisèle Pelicot, , , Vandoorne, Nourrisson Organizations: Paris CNN Locations: French, Avignon, Mazan, France
A husband who organized the mass rape of his wife for nearly a decade, knocking her unconscious with drugs and sharing pictures and video of the assaults, should receive the maximum 20-year prison sentence, a French prosecutor said Monday. Dominique Pelicot, 71, has admitted the charges in a trial that attracted worldwide attention and turned into an examination of the pervasiveness of sexual violence in France and beyond. “The maximum sentence is 20 years, which is a lot... but at the same time ... too little in view of the seriousness of the acts that were committed and repeated,” public prosecutor Laure Chabaud told the court. The prosecutors will over the next two days say what sentence they seek against each of them. Dominique Pelicot’s lawyer Beatrice Zavarro told reporters it was not a surprise that prosecutors had sought the longest sentence possible.
Persons: Dominique Pelicot, Laure Chabaud, Gisele Pelicot, Dominique Pelicot’s, Beatrice Zavarro Locations: France
Avignon, France CNN —Dominique Pelicot, the man who organized for more than 50 men to rape his unconscious wife, is “fully responsible” for his actions, a French public prosecutor told court after requesting the maximum prison sentence of 20 years. Dominique Pelicot fits this bill. Over a period spanning nearly 10 years, Dominique Pelicot used an online website and messaging platforms to seek out men from a radius spanning roughly 25 miles (40 kilometers). Pelicot has admitted to habitually drugging his wife with a strong sedative before allowing strangers to sexually abuse her. Dominique Pelicot kept his eyes closed and looked down at the ground during the hearing.
Persons: France CNN — Dominique Pelicot, Laure Chabaud, Dominique Pelicot, ” Chabaud, , Gisele Pelicot, Sarah Meyssonnier, Reuters Pelicot, Pelicot, Beatrice Zavarro, Saskya Vandoorne, Niamh Kennedy Organizations: France CNN, Reuters Locations: Avignon, France, French, Mazan, London
It was her decision to forgo a private trial and instead insist on a public trial, due to run until December, to alert the public to sexual abuse and drug-induced blackouts, her lawyers have said. Prosecutors said Pélicot offered sex with his wife on a website and filmed the abuse. Fifty other men accused of taking part in the abuse are also on trial. People gather during a demonstration in support of Gisele Pelicot in Marseille on September 14, 2024. Clement Mahoudeau/AFP/Getty ImagesPélicot’s lawyer Beatrice Zavarro has told French media Pélicot admits to his crimes.
Persons: Fatima Benomar, BFM, Dominique Pélicot, Pélicot, Gisele Pelicot, Clement Mahoudeau, Beatrice Zavarro Organizations: Paris Reuters, Prosecutors, Getty Locations: Paris Reuters —, France, Marseille, Paris, AFP
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