A French husband accused of drugging his wife and persuading dozens of strangers to rape her over a decade told the court: “I am a rapist, like everyone else in this courtroom.” Dominique Pelicot, 71, spoke for the first time during his trial, saying, “I accept the facts in full.” He faces charges including rape… Read More »
The family’s “chamber of fears,” as Caroline Darian puts it, appeared out of the blue on Monday, November 2, 2020. It was the middle of France’s Covid crisis, and Darian had just taken her six-year-old son back to school wearing a mandatory face mask. His father, Dominique Pélicot, sent his grandson a reassuring message online:… Read More »
The trial of a French pensioner who allegedly persuaded more than 50 strangers over the internet to drug his wife and then rape her began on Monday. In a case that has horrified France, prime suspect Dominique Pélicot, 71, stood in the dock with 50 other people in the southern city of Avignon. Gisèle Pélicot… Read More »