Dominique Pelicot, the 71-year-old man who is sitting in the dock in Avignon (France) for having drugged his wife for years For other men, raping her in an unconscious state is a self-centered narcissist who had an irrepressible desire to achieve his sexual fantasies.
This is the analysis presented this Monday at the trial by the expert to whom Justice has entrusted the mandate of Psychological analysis of PélicotAnnabelle Montagne, who insisted she had no mental health issues or illnesses that would prevent her from knowing right from wrong.
A fundamental element to be considered criminally responsible. Montagne indicated before the Vaucluse criminal court that no dependency was detectedmore than possible to sex, which results in a very frequent use of pornographic content, and which tends towards voyeurism.
As for his wife, Gisèle, I designed it as an object to meet his needs and desires, rather than a person he had to respect. Dominique Pélicot presents himself as a respected and appreciated family man (he has three children with Gisèle and six grandchildren), with correct psycho-affective functioning and stable personal relationships both in his private and professional life.
Dominique Pelicot’s lawyer, Béatrice Zavarro, stressed to the press, after the presentation of the expert report, that there is “a big dichotomy” on the personality of his client: on the one hand he behaved like a man “helpful, kind, good in all respects”, and on the other “who reveals himself at night through his deviations”.
Zavarro wanted to emphasize from his reading of the psychological expertise that retirement and the family’s move to the south-east of France (he previously lived in the Paris region) had weakened certain barriers and brought out a dark personality that could have its origins in abuse that he himself suffered as a child.
The expert psychologist examined him in September 2020, a few weeks after his arrest, and at that time, his concern was above all about the image that his family and social environment would have of him. That is to say that He had no concerns about his wife’s physical and mental condition.with whom he had lived for almost 50 years, and from whom he finally divorced last August, a few days before the start of the trial on September 2.
In fact, he told the psychologist that it was impossible for him to stop this practice of drugging his wife to watch other men have sex with her without her consent, unless he was reported.
It all ended when he was arrested for recording under the skirts of some women in a supermarket in Carpentras and when searching through his computer files, investigators discovered thousands of videos and photos showing the practices to which he subjected his wife while taking anxiolytics.
Dominique Pelicot, who sits on the bench with others 50 Men Who Sexually Abused Their Wives In a state of unconsciousness, he faces one of the crucial days of the process this Tuesday, as he will be questioned about his personality and the events that occurred between 2011 and 2020.
This Monday, he was absent at the start of the hearing due to a urinary problem, according to his lawyer, who insisted that he intended to be present tomorrow and that, if he could not, he would request that the hearing be postponed.
