(19 Dec 2024)
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Avignon, France – 19 December 2024
1. Various of Gisèle Pelicot leaving courthouse with activists, supporters and local residents following, cheering her on, clapping
2. Supporters holding placards, singing
3. Cars leaving, supporters applauding
4. Various of supporters applauding, singing and gathering outside court
STORYLINE:
Gisèle Pelicot left a courthouse in Avignon Thursday after her ex-husband was found guilty of rapes and jailed for 20 years.
The court sentenced Dominique Pelicot to 20 years of imprisonment for drugging and raping her and allowing other men to rape her while she was unconscious, in abuse that lasted nearly a decade.
The sentence against Dominique Pelicot was the maximum possible under French law. He was declared guilty of all charges against him.
At age 72, it could mean that he spends the rest of his life in prison.
He won’t be eligible to ask for early release until at least two-thirds of the sentence has been served.
The five judges voted by secret ballot in their rulings, with majority votes for the convictions and sentences.
Of the other 50 men accused of rape, just one was acquitted but was found guilty of aggravated sexual assault.
Another man was also found guilty on the sexual assault charge that he was tried for — meaning all 51 of the defendants were found guilty in one way or another.
Pelicot — whose courage and stoicism have turned her into an internationally recognized figure and an icon for many women — said she was thinking of her grandchildren after enduring more than three months of court hearings that dealt with the nearly decade of rapes and other abuse inflicted on her by her now ex-husband and his accomplices.
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