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.
An investigation has uncovered multiple 'rape chats' where thousands of men discuss how to rape and sexually assault women including their own mothers and sisters.
The existence of the so-called 'rape chats' were discovered over the course of a year-long investigation by German broadcaster ARD and its STRG_F investigative team. The groups, which have up to 70,000 members from a variety countries, meet on the encrypted messaging app Telegram to share pictures and even live videos of sexual abuse Dominique Pelicot is seen arriving at court in the back of a police car earlier this week
Read More Monster of Avignon's band of rape accomplices - and their warped crimes, verdicts and jail terms But Arata handed down guilty sentences to another 50 men besides Pelicot, many of whom contacted Gisele's husband online and were invited to his home in the sleepy Provence village of Mazan to assault his unconscious wife on camera.
'I am thinking first and foremost about my children, David, Caroline and Florian. I am thinking also about my grandchildren. For them I really wanted to take this struggle forward.
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