{"id":39629,"date":"2024-12-19T20:35:47","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T01:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/dozens-of-men-found-guilty-in-gisele-pelicot-mass-rape-trial-that-shocked-france\/19\/12\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-12-19T20:35:47","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T01:35:47","slug":"dozens-of-men-found-guilty-in-gisele-pelicot-mass-rape-trial-that-shocked-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/dozens-of-men-found-guilty-in-gisele-pelicot-mass-rape-trial-that-shocked-france\/19\/12\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Dozens of men found guilty in Gis\u00e8le Pelicot mass rape trial that shocked France"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Dozens of men including the ex-husband of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/france-mass-rape-trial-gisele-pelicot-abusers-cowardice-patriarchy-rcna180755\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Gis\u00e8le Pelicot;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Gis\u00e8le Pelicot<\/a>\u00a0were found guilty of raping and sexually assaulting her in a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/gisele-pelicot-france-mass-rape-rape-metoo-rcna184326\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:historic trial\u00a0;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">historic trial\u00a0<\/a>that shocked France.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Addressing a cheering crowd in the southern town of Avignon after the verdicts were read,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/france-mass-rape-trial-gisele-pelicot-abusers-cowardice-patriarchy-rcna180755\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Pelicot;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Pelicot<\/a>, 72, said the outcome of her case gave her faith in a future where \u201ceverybody, women, men can live together in harmony, in respect and in mutual understanding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Pelicot, who has become a hero to many in France for\u00a0choosing to waive her right to anonymity and highlight the crimes orchestrated by her husband, added that she had fought the case with her children and her grandchildren in mind \u201cbecause they are the future,\u201d according to a live translation by NBC News\u2019 British broadcasting partner Sky News.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Earlier in the courtroom, she watched as Roger Arata, the lead judge, sentenced her husband Dominique Pelicot to 20 years in prison. He had earlier admitted to drugging her until she unconscious and inviting dozens of men to rape her over the span of a decade.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative col-body mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-[4] size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Gis\u00e8le Pelicot addresses the media after her husband was sentenced on Thursday, Dec. 19.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Another 46 other men were found guilty of rape, two of attempted rape and two guilty of sexual assault in the high profile case, according to Sky News. They ranged from 26 to 74 in age and were handed sentences from three to 13 years. Collectively they will serve more than 400 years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Arod 15 had admitted to the facts, although only a handful of the men accused expressed remorse in the lead-up to their verdicts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Pelicot said she respected the court and its decisions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">In a side room, family members of the defendants watched the proceedings unfold on television screens, with some bursting into tears and gasping as the sentences were revealed, The Associated Press reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">With emotions running high, some 200 police officers were expected to be deployed in and around the courthouse, packed with family members of the accused, spectators and journalists from around the world. More than 150 journalists were accredited to cover the trial, which many activists see as a watershed moment\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/gisele-pelicot-france-mass-rape-rape-metoo-rcna184326\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:for women\u2019s rights in France;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">for women\u2019s rights in France<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">In an earlier hearing, it was revealed that Pelicot only learned of the horrors she endured when police started an investigation into her husband after a security guard caught him filming up the skirts of women with his smartphone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Investigators told they had found videos on her husband\u2019s devices that suggested she herself had been the victim of a major crime.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative col-body mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"A court in the French southern town of Avignon is trying Dominique Pelicot, a 71-year-old retiree, for repeatedly raping and enlisting dozens of strangers to rape his heavily sedated wife Gisele Pelicot in her own bed over a decade. (Clement Mahoudeau \/ AFP - Getty Images)\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/8ojUIKd6tvo79gg_11t2bQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/nbc_today_217\/6444742920ce06d30f64e1dcdcdac4c3\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-[4] size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>A woman holds a placard reading in French &#8220;all women on earth support you, thank you Gisele&#8221; as people gather outside the courthouse in Avignon on Dec. 19, 2024.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">While she could have remained anonymous, she called for the trial to be held in public and she instructed her lawyers to fight for harrowing video and other evidence to be played out in open court.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">She said she was doing this in a bid to put an end to the \u201cmacho, patriarchal society that trivializes rape.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Campaigners against sexual violence had been hopeful that Pelicot\u2019s case would represent a turning point in the fight against rape culture and in the difficulties that sexual assault survivors often face in obtaining justice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">And in France, some of them\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/gisele-pelicot-france-mass-rape-rape-metoo-rcna184326\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:told;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">told<\/a>\u00a0NBC News earlier this week, that they hoped to transform a society in which 75% of women said they believe they are not treated equally in a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.haut-conseil-egalite.gouv.fr\/stereotypes-et-roles-sociaux\/travaux-du-hce\/article\/6eme-etat-des-lieux-du-sexisme-en-france-s-attaquer-aux-racines-du-sexisme\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:\u00a02024 government study;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">\u00a02024 government study<\/a>\u00a0and where last year,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.egalite-femmes-hommes.gouv.fr\/journee-internationale-pour-lelimination-de-la-violence-legard-des-femmes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:230,000 women;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">230,000 women<\/a>\u00a0reported they had been victims of sexual violence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">\u201cWe have a real problem with French law,\u201d said Magali Lafourcade, secretary general of the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cncdh.fr\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:\u00a0National Consultative Commission on Human Rights;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">\u00a0National Consultative Commission on Human Rights<\/a>. \u201cThere are a huge number of situations which are not rape under French law [but] which are rape in the eyes of the victim.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\"><em>This story originally appeared on <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/french-court-gisele-pelicots-ex-husband-guilty-rapes-rcna184801\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:NBCNews.com;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>NBCNews.com<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">This article was originally published on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/french-court-gisele-pelicots-ex-husband-guilty-rapes-rcna184801\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:TODAY.com;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">TODAY.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/dozens-men-found-guilty-gis-005448707.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dozens of men including the ex-husband of&nbsp;Gis&egrave;le Pelicot&nbsp;were found guilty of raping and sexually assaulting her in a&nbsp;historic trial&nbsp;that shocked France. 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