Reuters —Gisele Pelicot on Tuesday lambasted the cowardice of the dozens of men accused of abusing her during 10 years of mass rape organized by her husband and told the court hearing the trial France’s patriarchal society must change.
Most of the 50 other men on trial have denied rape.
“For me this is the trial of cowardice, there is no other way to describe it,” Gisele Pelicot said, with many of the accused in the courtroom.
Video recorded by her husband and shown in court over the past weeks have repeatedly featured Gisele Pelicot motionless, sometimes snoring, while some of the accused abused her.
“It is time for society to look at this macho, patriarchal society and change the way it looks at rape,” Gisele Pelicot told the court.
Persons:
Gisele Pelicot, Dominique Pelicot, ” Gisele Pelicot, ”, “, Beatrice Navarro, ” “
Locations:
Avignon, France