Dominique Pelicot

France’s ‘husband from hell’ questioned in unsolved killings
January 30, 2025
Dominique Pélicot, whose sex crimes against his former wife horrified the world, is under renewed investigation for separate rape and murder cases dating back decades.Newsweek has reached out to...
Gisèle Pelicot’s ex-husband, imprisoned for raping and drugging her, now caught up in other cases
January 30, 2025
NANTERRE, France (AP) — The convicted rapist who horrified France by drugging his then wife, Gisèle Pélicot, so other men could rape her is now caught up in other...
Five unanswered questions from the Pelicot trial
December 21, 2024
French rape survivor Gisèle Pelicot walked out of a court in southern France for the last time on Thursday after her ex-husband was jailed for 20 years for drugging...
Macron thanks Gisèle Pelicot for courage, advocacy during rape trial
December 20, 2024
French President Emmanuel Macron paid tribute to Gisèle Pelicot's fight on Friday, a day after the conclusion of a landmark mass rape trial in Avignon that found her ex-husband...
Dozens of men found guilty in Gisèle Pelicot mass rape trial that shocked France
December 20, 2024
Dozens of men including the ex-husband of Gisèle Pelicot were found guilty of raping and sexually assaulting her in a historic trial that shocked France.Addressing a cheering crowd in the southern town of...
Who are the men convicted in French mass rape trial?
December 19, 2024
France's trial of a man who drugged his now ex-wife so he and dozens of strangers could rape her while unconscious ended on Thursday with all 51 defendants being...
Prosecutors demand 20-year jail sentence for husband in mass rape trial
November 25, 2024
French prosecutors have demanded a 20-year jail sentence for Dominique Pelicot, who is accused of drugging his former wife Gisèle for a decade and inviting 50 men recruited online...
Shocking rape trial highlights the systematic struggles French sexual abuse victims face
September 21, 2024
AVIGNON, France (AP) — The trial of dozens of men accused of raping an unconscious woman whose husband repeatedly drugged her over the course of nearly a decade has...
Mayor of French town apologizes for his comments downplaying mass rape case
September 20, 2024
MAZAN, France (AP) — The mayor of a French town making headlines for the trial of dozens of men accused of rapes that occurred there over almost a decade...