Dominique Pelicot, who for years He raped his wife alone and in the company of other men. whom she invited while she was under the influence of drugs, she said on Tuesday his compulsive rapist practices, even once when he had his grandchildren at home.
In his first statement before the Vaucluse Criminal Court, which has been trying him since September 2, he explained why this day remained etched in the minds of his grandchildren in which his grandmother, Gisèle Pelicot, did not appear because she slept until 6 p.m.
The main accused admitted that That day I had gorged myself on anxiolytics. again to his wife and He sexually assaulted her while her grandchildren were there. at home. And he added that he no longer did it in similar circumstances because of the practical inconveniences involved. He indicated that since he started drugging her in 2011 He raped her two or three times a week, first just him and from 2013 with other men he invited to his house so they could do it too.
He denies manipulating the rest of the rapists
Actually, 50 other men sit alongside him on the bench, 49 for sexually assaulting Gisèle PelicotAnd one for copying Dominique’s methods to drug his own wife and rapes her in his company. In the file of Dominique Pelicot that the Police found at his home when everything was discovered in the fall of 2020, we see that over the years the rapes were more and more numerous.
The main defendant denied having manipulated the other men who came to his house, who had “perfect knowledge” of his way of acting and that they could not be unaware that sexual relations with his wife were taking place without his consent. “I didn’t put a gun to their temples to make them cum -he stressed-. They accepted it from the beginning. The only question they asked me was: how much should I put in?
But on this last question, Dominique Pelicot insisted in which there was never any money involved and that he did not receive anything or force anyone. He also stressed that “in no case” was Gisèle Pelicot an accomplice: “This was always done without her consent.” This is an important aspect because some of those sitting on the bench have not acknowledged the violations and They claim they thought they were taking part in a sex game. on which the two Pélicot spouses agreed.
How did Gisele not realize
Given the massive and repetitive nature of Gisèle Pelicot’s rapes over nearly ten years, one of the aspects that has remained the most misunderstood is how she did not realize it. One of the answers lies in the precautions taken by her husband, who He asked the other men not to make noise.undress in another room before entering the room.
Moreover, once the abuses had passed, Dominique Pelicot He cleaned Gisele’s private parts and put the same clothes on her. so that he would not realize that he had lost consciousness under the influence of anti-anxiety medication. She had realized that something was wrong with him, but she thought he was suffering from some form of Alzheimer in the initial phase.
She also had gynecological problems: heavy and regular bleeding from the vagina and repeated inflammations of the cervix.
