France has been gripped by the horrific case of serial rape survivor Gisèle Pelicot as it plays out in open court. Seventy-one-year-old Gisèle Pelicot’s husband Dominique Pelicot confessed on the stand this week that he recruited dozens of men for over a decade to rape his wife after drugging her so she was unconscious.
The case has roiled France, as throngs of people have come out to show their support for Gisèle Pelicot during the trial.
Clémentine Goujet: “I would like to tell Gisèle that we hear her words. I am here to speak for the victims, to tell them that we are listening to them, we will fight for them, that the impunity of men is over.”
Gisèle Pelicot chose to reveal her name and have a public trial in order to give a voice to other survivors.