Verdicts due for 51 men in Pelicot mass rape trial that shook France

Judges will deliver verdicts on the defendants in a case that turned a 72-year-old woman into a feminist icon.

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Gisèle Pelicot: verdicts expected in rape trial that shocked France

Dominique Pelicot likely to be given 20 years for drugging his ex-wife and inviting strangers to rape her over a decade. The mass rape trial that has sent shockwaves through France and horrified ...
The Guardian - 10h
The Troubled, Violent Lives of the Men Accused of Raping Gisèle Pelicot

Some dubbed those on trial as “Mr. Everyman,” but more complicated portraits have emerged during the trial.
The Wall Street Journal - 15h
Mass rape case could highlight a second wave of the #MeToo movement in France

A landmark mass rape trial in France has exposed abuse orchestrated by the victim's husband, and a culture that many activists say is sexist, tolerant of violence toward women and resistant to change.
NBC News - 6h
Who Is Dominique Pelicot, the Man at the Center of France’s Mass Rape Trial?

For over three months, judges and lawyers have tried to grasp the true nature of the man who said he had invited dozens of strangers to join him in raping his drugged wife.
The New York Times - 14h
France mass rape trial triggers soul-searching in Spain

Yahoo News - 21h
Verdicts are due in the historic French rape trial that turned Gisèle Pelicot into a feminist hero

French judges plan to deliver hugely anticipated verdicts this week in a historic drugging-and-rape trial that has turned the victim, Gisèle Pelicot, into a feminist hero
ABC News - 21h
Gisèle Pelicot and the 51 men she faced in court

The mass rape trial has shaken French attitudes towards sexual violence and consent
BBC News - 22h
Women's right activists rally in France ahead of Gisèle Pelicot's rape trial verdict

Hundreds of people have gathered in the southern French town of Avignon ahead of the verdict in a mass-rape trial in which dozens of men stand accused
ABC News - 4d
The 50 men accused in mass rape of Gisèle Pelicot

The men accused of raping Gisèle Pelicot have been dubbed Monsieur-Tout-Le-Monde as they broadly represent a microcosm of French society.
BBC News - Dec. 11