The Gisèle Pelicot rape case, which the whole world closely followed, has come to an end. In the court held in Avignon, France, judges found Dominique Pelicot, the ex-husband of Gisele Pelicot, guilty.
Dominique Pelicot was found guilty of aggravated rape and attempted aggravated rape of Jean Pierre Marechal’s wife Cilia and taking obscene photographs of his daughter Caroline and daughters-in-law Aurore and Celine. Pelicot was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Sentenced to 12 years, Jean Pierre Marechal was found guilty of attempted rape, aggravated rape of his wife and drugging.
Charly Arbo, the youngest defendant in the case at 30, was found guilty of aggravated rape and sentenced to 13 years.
The other defendants found guilty in the case are as follows;
Jacques Cubeau (5 years)
Christian Lescole (9 years)
Cyrille Delville (8 years)
Lionel Rodriguez (8 years)
Florian Rocca
Jacques Cubeau
Nicolas Francois (8 years)
Simoné Mekenese (9 years)
Thierry Parisis (8 years)
Patrice Nicolle
Nizar Hamida (10 years)
Boris Moulin (8 years)
Dominique Davies
Jerome Vilela (13 years)
Didier Sambuchi (5 years)
Cyprien Culieras
Mathieu Dartus
Quentin Hennebert (7 years)
Cyril Beaubis
Philippe Leleu (5 years)
Jean-Luc LA (10 years)
Fabien Sotton (11 years)
Karim Sebaoui also found guilty of possessing child molestation photos, (10 years)
Redouane Azougagh
Joan Kawai (10 years)
Jean-Marc LeLoup (6 years)
Andy Rodriguez (6 years)
Vincent Coullet (10 years)
Adrien Longeron also found guilty of possessing child molestation photos (6 years)
Hughes Malago (5 years)
Ahmed Tbarik (8 years)
Paul-Koikoi Grovogui
Omar Douiri
Hüsamettin Doğan (9 years)
Romain Vandevelde
Joseph Cocco (3 years)
Hassan Ouamou (12 years)
Redouane El Farihi
Saifeddine Ghabi cleared of rape and attempted rape, found guilty of sexual assault (3 years)
Jean Tirano
Mohamed Rafaa (8 years)
Ludovick Blemeur (7 years)
Patrick Aron (6 years)
Abdelali Dallal (8 years)
Grégory Serviol (8 years)
Cedric Grassot (12 years)
Cendric Venzin (9 years)
Mahdi Daoudi (8 years)
In the case, 51 men, including her husband Dominique Pelicot, were accused of raping Gisèle Pelicot for 10 years.
Dominique Pelicot admitted that he encouraged and organized the rape of his wife Gisèle Pelicot by putting her to sleep.
The trial, which has been ongoing since early September, has sparked a debate on rape culture and women’s rights.
Gisèle Pelicot refused to exercise her right to anonymity during the trial.
“I want all women who have been raped to say ‘Madame Pelicot did it, so can I’. I don’t want them to be ashamed anymore.”
Speaking outside the court building after the verdicts were announced, Gisele Pelicot said she was “thinking of her children, her grandchildren, all the other families and the victims of stories that are ‘often overshadowed’” and added: “We are fighting the same fight.”
Pelicot emphasized that she is grateful to all those who have supported her and that she “never regrets opening the doors of the court so that society can see what is happening.”
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