Gisèle Pelicot declares to her rapists: “They are degenerates. No apology”

Gisèle Pelicot takes the stand again within this Wednesday’s framework Trial of Dominique Pélicott And 50 men accused her of raping her while she was unconscious. During the day, participants heard the testimony of Jean-Pierre Marechal, alias “Rasmus,” who confessed to raping his own wife along with Pélicot. The ex-husband also testified this Wednesday and had the opportunity to speak with him for the first time in nearly four years. “I loved her badly, I didn’t respect her, I betrayed her,” said the main defendant in the case.

Today Gisele had to answer questions from defense lawyers, the president of the court and her own lawyer. For nearly a decade he has allowed himself to reproduce images of the many rapes he suffered. Between 2011 and 2020, her then-husband, Dominique Pélicot, drugged her and allowed dozens of men to abuse her while she was unconscious. Mr. The videos, recorded by Pelicott over the years, are “indisputable evidence of the abuses” he suffered. This Wednesday, the woman asserted: “Those aren’t sex scenes, they’re rape”.

Gisele has reaffirmed her lack of consent in all encounters with the more than 80 men who appear in the videos, of which only 50 have been identified. “Since I’ve been in this room, I feel shame“, the woman agreed. “You must have a certain patience to bear all that I hear,” she added.

During the first three weeks of the investigation, investigators and experts have been investigating Mr. Many of the defendants, including Pellicott, described their personalities and the way they acted. Likewise, some parties asserted that their clients were not aware that she had no contact and that they were being manipulated by her husband. Thus they try to reduce rape charges to sexual assault, which carries lesser penalties. “To me they are degenerates. They committed rape, not assault. “I don’t usually get angry, but that’s okay,” Gisele replied.No apology”, he declared.

When questioned by the president of the court, Roger Arata, he said somewhat irritably that he did not have the ability to oppose Pellicatt’s will. “I could answer to no one in the state I was in,” he replied. “They call me a drunkard”, she alleged, “like I was so drunk that I didn’t realize they were raping me” and admitted that her husband had actually drugged her. “He was in a coma and the videos that will be released will confirm that,” Gisele insisted.

The woman criticized the debates as an attempt to protect the accused. “We’ve discussed whether a customer only came for three minutes, an hour, two hours. Is rape a matter of time? I was totally shocked. If these people had seen their daughter and younger sister, would we have the same discussion? “With all these discussions, I have the impression that I am guilty and that 50 victims are behind me,” he added.