Man reportedly drugged wife's dinner then invited more than 50 men to rape her
dailyrecord.co.ukA mum who was reportedly raped by multiple strangers, after being drugged by her own husband, today faced them all in a packed courtroom.Gisele Pelicot, a 72-year-old French woman, waived her legal right to anonymity on Monday at the opening of the trial of Dominique Pelicot, 71, and 51 other men.All are accused of aggravated rape in a trial at the Vaucluse Criminal Court, in Avignon, which is due to last for four months.
Twenty of them, including Pelicot, are in custody, while the others remain on bail. Join the Daily Record's WhatsApp community here and get the latest news sent straight to your messages. Asked to confirm his name and address at the start of proceedings, Pelicot said: "My home is prison, you know it".
Ms Pelicot, a mother-of-three, was supported by her adult children as she stood in the public gallery, listening to evidence.The family home, in nearby Mazan, allegedly became a crime scene over almost a decade, when streams of men were invited to attack Ms Pelicot.
Her husband is said to have used an online platform called coco.fr to contact them between 2011 and 2020.Detectives have listed a total of 92 rapes committed by 72 men, 51 of whom have been identified.
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