Gisèle Pelicot’s ex-husband won’t appeal sentence for orchestrating mass rapes – National

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Gisèle Pelicot’s ex-husband won’t appeal sentence for orchestrating mass rapes – National

More than a dozen men convicted of raping Gisèle Pelicot plan to appeal their sentences, but her ex-husband, the mastermind behind her abuse, will not be one of them, his lawyer has confirmed.

Speaking to broadcaster France Info, lawyer Béatrice Zavarro said Dominique Pelicot wants to spare his ex-wife the

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, but also admitted there’s a chance a new trial in front of a public jury could result in a longer prison sentence.

Of the 50 accused of *****, just one was acquitted but was found guilty of aggravated ******* assault. Another man was also found guilty on the ******* assault charge that he was tried for — meaning all 51 of the defendants were found guilty in one way or another.

Seventeen men

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, according to French news outlets.

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The court sentenced Dominique Pelicot to 20 years in prison for drugging and raping Gisèle Pelicot and allowing other men to ***** her while she was unconscious.

This courtroom sketch by Valentin Pasquier shows Gisèle Pelicot, left, and her ex-husband Dominique Pelicot, right, during his trial, at the Avignon court house, in Avignon, southern France, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024.

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During the trial, Dominique Pelicot admitted that for nearly a decade he drugged his unwitting wife through food and drink and invited dozens of men to ***** her while she could not consent. Gisèle Pelicot testified that she has no recollection of the events and spent years wondering why she was often so tired.

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The trial gripped France and raised new awareness about ******* violence. Gisèle Pelicot waived her right to anonymity as a survivor of ******* abuse and successfully pushed for the hearings and shocking evidence — including her ex-husband’s homemade videos of the rapes — to be heard in open court, insisting that shame should fall on her abusers, not her.

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In turn, she was applauded by the public and turned into an icon against ******* violence.

Demonstration in support of Gisèle Pélicot and all victims of ***** on Sept. 14, 2024.

Alain Apaydin / ABACA Press

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Those convicted range in age from 26 to 74. Many of them deny having ****** Gisèle Pelicot, saying her then-husband manipulated them or that they believed she was consenting.

“We share the same fight,” she said in her first words after the court in the southern French city of Avignon handed down prison sentences. She added that she was thinking of her grandchildren during the gruelling trial, which lasted more than three months.

Gisele Pelicot speaks to the press as she leaves the courtroom, in the Avignon courthouse, southern France, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024.

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“It’s also for them that I led this fight,” she said at the time.

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—with files from The Associated Press

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