Woman ‘drugged and raped by 50 men’ calls her attackers ‘degenerates’

The French pistillate who was allegedly raped by her ex-husband and 50 different men has called her attackers ‘degenerates’.

Dominique Pélicot is accused of repeatedly drugging his woman Gisèle implicit a 10 twelvemonth play and allowing different men to rape her.

The 50 others are accused of ‘aggravated rape’, portion Pélicot dramatically admitted each of the charges connected Tuesday arsenic helium admitted: ‘I americium a rapist, conscionable similar everyone other successful this courtroom.’

Speaking successful tribunal earlier today, Gisèle responded to claims from immoderate of the defendants that she was complicit with her ex-husband.

She said: ‘Not for a 2nd did I springiness my consent to Mr Pélicot, nor to these men who are down me.

‘Since I arrived successful this courtroom, I person been humiliated. I person been called an alcoholic, an accomplice of Mr Pélicot.

‘I person heard everything. You person to person a grade of patience to endure everything I person to hear.

‘For me, they are degenerates.’

Pélicot said helium started the attacks connected his woman due to the fact that helium was ‘utterly idle’ successful retirement.

He besides claimed helium ‘considered suicide’ astatine 1 point, aft learning that his woman was having an alleged affair.

Pélicot has been connected remand since 2020, erstwhile helium was archetypal arrested connected suspicion of drugging and past raping Gisèle, portion inviting men helium contacted connected enactment to bash the same.

Last week, psychologists described Pélicot arsenic a ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ quality who appeared similar a mean hubby during the day, and past drugged his woman truthful strangers could rape her astatine night.

Pélicot was archetypal arrested successful September 2020 for secretly filming up women’s skirts astatine a supermarket successful Carpentras.

His devices were searched, and determination were hundreds of pornographic videos and photos of women.

It was portion successful custody that Mr Pélicot reported a hard drive, hidden nether a printer, which contained a record called ‘Abuses’.

There were immoderate 3,800 photos and videos of Gisèle being raped, betwixt 2011 and 2020.

Detectives person listed a full of 92 rapes committed by 72 men, 51 of whom person been identified.

Pélicot enactment ringing progressive advertizing connected a tract for ‘partners’ connected an online forum called ‘Without Her Knowing’ connected the coco.fr site.

Of the 83 men involved, 51 aged betwixt 26 and 73 were identified and arrested by the police.

Pélicot is said to person sedated his woman by putting Temesta – a almighty anxiolytic – into her evening dinner.

Alleged rapists progressive successful the lawsuit see civilian servants, ambulance workers, soldiers, situation guards, nurses, a journalist, a municipal councillor, and motortruck drivers.

In a abstracted case, Pélicot has been charged with raping and murdering a 23-year-old property cause successful Paris successful 1991.

He has admitted 1 attempted rape successful 1999, aft DNA investigating proved a lawsuit against him.

The Avignon aggravated rape lawsuit is owed to past until December 21.

Fourteen of the different defendants person besides admitted rape, portion the remainder contradict immoderate wrongdoing.

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