(18 Sep 2024)
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Paris, France – 18 September 2024
1. Wide of Gisèle Pélicot, daughter Caroline Darian and lawyer Stéphane Babonneau leaving courthouse after morning session
2. Supporters applauding as Pélicot walks by
3. Various of Pélicot, lawyer, and daughter leaving courthouse after morning session
4. Various outside views of courthouse
5. Various of people waiting to enter retransmission room
6. SOUNDBITE (French) Nina Marchand, 24, supporter:
“I think she’s a very strong, very brave woman. We saw her arrive in front of the journalists, her head held high. Unlike the accused, who hid behind masks and caps. We can see that shame is starting to change sides.”
7. SOUNDBITE (French) Marie-Dominique Chesnais, 62, supporter:
“It’s to see the trial, but above all to support this woman. For me, she’s admirable in her dignity. She deserves respect.”
8. Various of Dominique Pélicot’s lawyer Béatrice Zavarro being interviewed by journalists
9. Various of defence lawyer Patrick Gontard being interviewed
STORYLINE:
People gathered at a Paris courthouse on Wednesday to show support for Gisèle Pélicot, a woman at the centre of a rape trial which has gripped France.
Pélicot’s husband of 50 years admitted on Tuesday in court that for nearly a decade, he repeatedly drugged his unwitting wife and invited dozens of men to rape her while she lay unconscious.
Gisèle Pélicot has become a hero to many rape victims and a symbol of the fight against sexual violence in France for agreeing to waive her anonymity in the case, letting the trial be public and appearing openly in front of the media.
She shows up every day, passing through the courthouse security line behind men accused of raping her.
As she left court during a break on Tuesday, supporters brought her flowers.
On Wednesday, the 12th day of the trial, the 50-year-old Pélicot was applauded as she left the courthouse.
"She’s a very strong, very brave woman. We saw her arrive in front of the journalists, her head held high. Unlike the accused, who hid behind masks and caps. We can see that shame is starting to change sides," said Nina Marchand, one of the supporters inside the courthouse.
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