A French judge has reversed a ruling in the trial of a man who is accused of drugging his wife to sleep and recruiting dozens of men to abuse her for over a decade.
Lawyers for Gisèle Pelicot, 72, had earlier appealed against the judge’s initial decision to only show video of the crimes to lawyers and the jury.
She has waived her right to anonymity in the trial, enabling the shocking details of the case to be heard in public.
Her lawyers argued the video should be seen to draw attention to the use of drugs to commit sexual abuse. They hailed the latest ruling as a “victory”
Between this and Diddy, hard to believe how far some people take it. No different than serial killers imo.
Be honest: it’s really really different magnitude.
Rape (especially such) is unbelievably horrible.
But death - it’s the final point.
Me and a friend had an ongoing debate whether rape or murder was worse. I argued that murder was worse than rape while he argued the opposite. It was mostly just the two of us being edgelords. But after reading about these two cases, I started to think that the serial rapists might be more depraved.
“If these same hearings, through their publicity, help prevent other women from having to go through this, then she will find meaning in her suffering,” one of Ms Pelicot’s lawyers, Stéphane Babonneau, said.
What a badass. I have so much respect for the ways she’s been handling this. A real “fuck you” to her abusers. Repeatedly.
Man this lady is brave as fuck
Not American so this might be a stupid question, but does anyone actually say that? The French have serious islamophobia issues, but I don’t know anyone who would call them weak.
Yeah, its an American based stereotype AFAIK and the right winger trump types would be the most likely to spout it
Them absolutely rioting over a small increase in retirement age made me feel shame as an American. I love how willing the French are to remind their government of what happens when it gets out of line. Like, “don’t make us break out the guillotines.”
The French are not weak.
The men who raped her were French too, and they outnumber her at least 50 to one, so your low level troll doesn’t even work the way you think it does…
Was “Those weak French, amirite?” trolling, or was it making fun of people who falsely call French people ‘weak’ as a form of nationalistic bigotry?
I read it as the latter. “The French are still weak,” would be clear bigotry, the ‘amirite?’ makes me lean more towards making fun of them.
Of course, we can’t definitively say due to the lack of clear tone in written language.
They might have been steamrolled in back to back world wars, but they used to be a threat to takeover the world.
steamrolled in back to back world wars
The French definitely won WWI, do they not teach history in schools anymore?
As long as that’s Giséle’s choice, that’s a huge win and I wish her luck with her case. Thats beyond horrifying
I don’t think I’d watch them out of respect, that’s horrifying.
But man, I support the hell out of her throwing this evidence at her attackers full force and women should take strength out of her example.
Yeah, she waived her right to anonymity, not automatically. She chose to, and it’s her lawyers arguing these videos should be seen by the world. She is willing to give up her privacy like that to show exactly what these monsters will do to defenseless people. Absolute badass.
I respect her right to do this, but I’m not sure what it gains anyone. If anyone, I imagine people will view it for their own gratification.
