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Gisèle Pelicot: „Die Schande soll die Seite wechseln“

ReportageIhr Gesicht kann jeder sehen – und Videos der Vergewaltigungen werden öffentlich gezeigt. Die 71-jährige Gisèle Pelicot will, dass die Täter sich schämen, nicht die Opfer. Und die 50 angeklagten Männer? Suchen derweil nach Ausreden.
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Gisele Pelicot poses in Avignon, on October 23, 2024, during the trial of her former partner accused of drugging her for nearly ten years and inviting strangers to rape her at their home in Mazan, a small town in the south of France. A court in the French southern town of Avignon is trying Dominique Pelicot, a 71-year-old retiree, for repeatedly raping and enlisting dozens of strangers to rape his heavily sedated wife in her own bed over a decade. Fifty other men, aged between 26 and 74, are also on trial for alleged involvement, in a case that has horrified France. The court proceedings, which runs until December, are open to the public at the request of Dominique Pelicot's ex-wife and victim. (Photo by Christophe SIMON / AFP)

„Die Schande soll die Seite wechseln”, fordert das Vergewaltigungsopfer Gisèle Pelicot. Auf ihren Wunsch hin wird gegen ihre Peiniger öffentlich verhandelt.

Christophe Simon/AfP