A court in France sentenced Dominique Pelicot, the ex-husband of Gisele Pelicot, to 20 years in prison for drugging and raping her, and allowing other men to rape her while unconscious. The sentence, the maximum possible under French law, came after a shocking case that spanned nearly a decade and sparked a national conversation about rape culture.
A court in France on Thursday sentenced the ex-husband of Gisele Pelicot to 20 years of imprisonment for drugging and raping her and allowing other men to rape her while she was unconscious, in abuse that lasted nearly a decade.
Gisele Pelicot was seated on one side of the courtroom, facing the defendants and sometimes nodding her head as verdicts were announced. Delivering the guilty verdicts and sentences took Arata just over an hour. Dominique Pelicot admitted that for years he drugged his then wife of 50 years so that he and strangers he recruited online could abuse her while he filmed the assaults.
But the court was mostly more lenient than prosecutors had hoped, with many sentenced to less than a decade in prison. The five judges voted by secret ballot in their rulings, with majority votes for the convictions and sentences. A large banner that campaigners hung on a city wall opposite the courthouse read, "MERCI GISELE" -- thank you Gisele.
Although some of the accused -- including Dominique Pelicot -- acknowledged that they were guilty of rape, many didn't, even in the face of video evidence. The hearings sparked wider debate in France about whether the country's legal definition of rape should be expanded to include specific mention of consent.
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Elon Musk derided a Republican-backed government spending bill that if not passed by Friday night would lead to a government shut down.A court in France on Thursday sentenced the ex-husband of Gisele Pelicot to 20 years of imprisonment for drugging and raping her and allowing other men to rape her while she was unconscious, in abuse that lasted nearly a decade.
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