2024-10-04 17:12:47
The man accused of drugging his wife so that other subjects could abuse her while he recorded them, admitted his crime and asked his wife for forgiveness.
Frenchman Dominique Pelicot confessed that he drugged his wife so that other men would have sex with her while he filmed them, He recognized himself as “a rapist” and said that he saved the videos to have a record of those who participated in the abuse and out of vice, for the pleasure of watching them.
“I am a rapist, like everyone else in this room. Everyone knew it, they can’t say otherwise.“Dominique Pelicot said this Tuesday during the continuation of the trial against him and the 50 men who are accused with him.
It was the first statement from the 71-year-old man, who is accused of drugging his wife for almost a decade so that other men, between 26 and 74 years old, raped her.
The defendant’s words indicated that all the participants in the events knew what they were doing, which contradicts the versions of several of them, which They claim that they thought it was a couple who wanted to fulfill their sexual fantasies..
Dominique Pelicot apologized to the victim
After admitting himself as a rapist, Dominique Pelicot said that his now ex-wife, Gisèle, “I didn’t deserve that. I apologize even though this is not acceptable.“He added in statements reported by media such as France24.
The main defendant stated that although “I never considered my wife as an object, unfortunately the videos show the opposite.”
Dominique Pelicot returned this morning to the Avignon court where the case is being heard, after being absent for more than a week following health problems.
Meanwhile, Gisèle Pelicot acknowledged that “for 50 years I lived with a man whom I did not imagine could commit these acts of rape.”
“He is aware of these acts of rape, but I did not doubt this man for a single second. “I had complete trust in him,” said the victim.