Gisele Pelicot, the 72-year-old victim of mass rape whose ordeal has shocked the world, told a trial in southern France on Wednesday that she was determined that making her case public should help other women and change society.
Dominique Pelicot, her husband, has admitted to inviting dozens of strangers over nearly 10 years to their house to rape her after he had drugged her. Fifty other men also stand trial, accused of raping her. Gisele Pelicot, her voice often shaking with emotion, told the court she was destroyed by what happened to her.
“They are the ones who must be ashamed,” she said, adding that having videos, filmed by her husband, of some of her rapes, shown during the trial, was “very difficult but necessary.” “I’m not expressing hatred or hate, but I am determined that things change in this society,” said Gisele Pelicot. Protests have been organized across France to show support for Gisele Pelicot, with many women expressing admiration for her courage. “It’s not courage. It’s determination to change things,” she said.
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