Gisèle Pelicot, the main victim of the rape trial in Mazan, criticised on Wednesday 18 September the suspicions of possible complicity in the sexual assaults she suffered, which she says were levelled against her by the lawyers of some of the accused. “Since I arrived in this courtroom I have felt humiliated. They call me an alcoholic, that I get so drunk that I am an accomplice to Mr. Pelicot”he told the Vaucluse criminal court.
“In the state I was in, I couldn’t answer anyone. I was in a coma and the videos we are going to broadcast will prove it. And the experts were shocked by these videos, and they are men.”He explained, believing that “It is so humiliating and degrading to hear this”.
The examination of the charges against Dominique Pelicot and his fifty co-defendants requires the release of videos, crucial evidence. Gisèle Pelicot is prepared, but the trial is closely monitored. The first two photographs are to be shown at the hearing on Wednesday afternoon, at the request of the defence lawyers. “What matters to me is that these videos, which are irrefutable proof of rape and [des] violence that I suffered, be transmitted only in this room”Gisèle Pelicot asked on the stand, adding that she “He doesn’t want the public to be informed about these images”On September 9, he had already requested that his children “not attending” to this visualization.
“There is no “rape and rape””
“Not for a second did I give my consent to Mr. Pelicot or to these men behind him”“This 72-year-old woman, who is believed to have been the victim of some 200 rapes, 92 of which were committed by fifty co-defendants tried since September 2 with her ex-husband, Dominique Pelicot, recalled. “I have the feeling that I am the guilty one, and that there are fifty behind me. [des] victims » and so, “Because I did naturism, would that be an exhibitionist? I am the guilty one and they are the victims. Besides, they should sit in my place…”he joked.
“Is it a matter of time, rape? Three minutes, an hour? I am in shock! If your mother or sister were here, would they have the same defense?”Gisèle Pelicot accused in a decisive tone. “They came to rape me, no matter how long it took”, “it is despicable”. “At what point does a man decide for his wife? I remind you that I was under chemical influence.”. HE ” fifty [accusés] behind did not ask the question [du consentement] “What are these men, are they degenerates or what? They never asked themselves that question!”throne.
“There is no “rape and rape”. Rape is rape”Press M againme Pelicot, referring to the words of a defense attorney, Guillaume De Palma, who had estimated that there was “rape and rape”seeming to downplay the true intentions of some of the accused, many of whom claim to have thought they were participating in a libertine couple’s sex game.
“I explained to him that there was rape in the media and legal sense. If the words hurt or shocked you, I am sorry. That was not my intention. My intention was to remind you of the rules of law.”M. replied.my From Palma.
