This is the moment Gisele Pelicot arrives at the Tribunal Juduciar in Avignon, France. Her husband Dominique Pelicot has admitted drugging his wife repeatedly over a decade and inviting strange men to rape her while he filmed them.
Gisele Pelicot was cheered by crowds including her former drama teacher as she left the courthouse today after confronting the Monster of Avignon for letting strangers into their bedroom to rape her.
In an interview afterwards, Mr Brunel said he 'really loved her' and feels proud to consider Gisele as one of his students.Gisele Pelicot is greeted by her former drama teacher Christophe Brunel as she left the courthouse today 'Courage is saving someone who is drowning at sea, I only have will and determination. That's why I come here, but I also have all these men and women behind me, I'm coming for them.'
Gisele Pelicot said she is a 'completely destroyed woman' as she shamed the Monster of Avignon in a powerful testimony 'We had 50 years of happy life together, I was a happy woman, fulfilled, I had three children and seven grandchildren, he was a caring father, a good listener, a kind man who I trusted completely, this is difficult, we shared laughter and sorrow.'
When asked by the judge if she had any view on the family members of the accused who had testified earlier, she said: 'I've watched these women, these mothers, these sisters, these wives, talking of how their son, brother, husband is an exceptional man.Gisele Pelicot pictured with her lawyer Antoine Camus on October 23'I had the same at my home but a rapist is not the man you meet in a car park late at night, he can also be one of your family, one of your friends.
Judge Arata also asked her how she thought the rapes were 'prepared' and she replied: 'He would cook a lot of meals. Mrs Pelicot will be asked by trial judge Roger Arata for her views on the evidence heard so far and it comes as the latest batch of the 50 accused are grilled Dallal, director of a glazing firm company, has told investigators he met Pelicot online while surfing a swingers website called Coco.fr which has since closed, and he had been invited there by him to sleep with his wife.
'He told me not to park directly outside the house but a little further away, I didn't ask him why we were there or what he was doing there, I didn't want to know.' Large crowds had gathered outside court this morning for the hearing which comes at the midway point of a case that has made headlines around the world for its sordid nature.
Due to testify this week is Quentin Hennebert, 34, a prison guard who was working at the same time Pelicot was being held in custody at Pontet jail, following his arrest in 2020 for upskirting women in a supermarket. The trial began almost eight weeks ago and has already heard from 30 men with most denying rape claiming they thought they were taking part in a role playing game with a swinging couple, many said that as Pelicot was present 'consent' had been given.
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