In his first UK broadcast interview, Gisèle Pelicot’s lawyer Stéphane Babonneau tells Newsnight of the extraordinary courage of Madame Pelicot.
The mass rape trial which the 72-year-old is at the centre of is coming to an end. Mrs Pelicot was drugged by her former husband and was allegedly raped over the course of nine years by at least 50 men - strangers he’d recruited online.
Victoria Derbyshire speaks to lawyer Stéphane Babonneau with his client’s blessing.
Dec 19, 2024 | Dominique Pelicot has been sentenced for 20 years after drugging his ex-wife Gisèle Pelicot and recruiting strangers to rape her for years.
Fifty other have also been sentenced alongside him in Avignon, France.
Dominique admitted to raping her and inviting the men he recruited online to have sex with her in her bed at home while she was unconscious and unaware.
Gisèle has waived her right to anonymity, saying she wanted to make "shame swap sides" from the victim to the rapist.
