2024-09-24 22:59:27
During the trial against Dominique Pelicot for drugging his wife so that other men could rape her, it was revealed that one of the subjects who participated in these acts did the same to his wife between 2015 and 2020.
A new scandal shakes the highly publicized case that hit French society, after it became known that one of the 50 men accused of raping Gisèle Pelicotthe wife of Dominique Pelicot, He did the same with his wife between 2015 and 2020.
The subject, identified as Jean-Pierre M., 63, was accused of drugging his partner with the purpose of abusing her while he remained unconscious, which he did on several occasions with Pelicot himself.
In his statement to the court, Jean-Pierre M. admitted the accusations, while his 32-year-old son said that “The facts are very serious and I think he is aware of it.“He also admitted that he does not understand why his mother did not file a complaint.
The president of the Avignon court, Roger Arata, said that this man had a very hard childhood, marked by great poverty.I grew up with pigs, in the forest“The man told his children on numerous occasions.
Gisèle Pelicot’s husband did not attend court
On the other hand, it was confirmed that this Wednesday the main accused and husband of Gisèle Pelicot, Dominique did not attend court due to health problems.although he was scheduled to appear today, Thursday, to make new statements.
On Wednesday, the lawyer for about 30 of the 50 defendants shocked the court by stating that “It remains to be seen whether or not there was rape, as there was no intention of sexual assault.“, according to the Spanish newspaper ABC.
The above, after his clients stated that they did not consider that they had committed any crime, since the victim’s husband was present and filmed the rapes.
“I didn’t know that debauchery was prohibited by law.“, one said, while another stated that “the husband behaved like a very authoritarian orchestra conductor, ordering us what we had to do with his wife, to photograph us. It was obvious that she was unconscious, but we didn’t know how to stop.“.