MailOnline looks at how Gisele Pelicot bravely battled on through, as her abuser ex-husband, 'the Monster of Avignon' is jailed for 20 years. The French grandmother bravely fought the legal battle, supported by her family and members of the public.
READ MORE: How the Monster of Avignon's abuse of Gisele Pelicot and his daughter has. READ MORE: 50 rape case defendants'The family of multiple rape victim Gisele Pelicot has been 'torn apart' by the trial that saw her husband jailed for two decades, it emerged today.
Ms Pelicot's lawyer, Stéphane Babonneau, told the Sunday Times: 'When sexual assault happens within families, it tears the family apart, and that's what happened here. It's very sad, that's why sexual assault has such impact even over generations.' Pelicot's only daughter, Caroline Darian, 46, insists she too was drugged and attacked by her father, but no evidence has ever emerged to support this claim
Mr Babonneau said she was 'trying to remain normal, and the way to do that is to return to normal life'.
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