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A mum who was allegedly raped by multiple strangers after being drugged by her own husband today faced them all in a packed court room.

Gisèle Pélicot, a 72-year-old French woman, waived her legal right to anonymity on Monday at the opening of the trial of Dominique Pélicot, 71, and 51 other men.

All are accused of aggravated rape in a trial at the Vaucluse Criminal Court, in Avignon, which is due to last for four months. Twenty of them, including Pélicot, are in custody, while the others remain on bail.

Asked to confirm his name and address at the start of proceedings, Pélicot said: "My home is prison, you know it". Ms Pélicot, a mother-of-three, was supported by her adult children as she stood in the public gallery, listening to evidence.

The family home, in nearby Mazan, allegedly became a crime scene over almost a decade, when streams of men were invited to attack Ms Pélicot. Her husband is said to have used an online platform called coco.fr to contact them between 2011 and 2020.

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[–] Stopthatgirl7@lemmy.world 83 points 1 year ago (5 children)

What got me was the one guy who said it wasn’t rape because “It's his wife, he does what he likes with her." Tf kind of reasoning even is that?!

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 47 points 1 year ago

Conservative reasoning?

[–] norimee@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Marital rape only became a crime in the mid -late 1990's in most countries.

Before that it was really like that before the law. She's his wife? He has a right to her body.

[–] Githyanki@lemmings.world 6 points 1 year ago

Even then, the drugging and the 50 other men involved would not be considered marital consent.

[–] notgold@aussie.zone 5 points 1 year ago

That seemed wrong so I looked out up on Wikipedia and wholy shit it's really only been 30 years. I wonder how many of my peers are products of legal rape. Wikipedia article with worldwide data

[–] hperrin@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

The same kind Steven Crowder uses.

[–] AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 year ago

Jesus fucking christ what a tough day to be able to read.

So angry right now.

[–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 16 points 1 year ago

You’re talking about the frontrunner for the GOP, presidential candidate, as well as a private individual who never raped anybody. And, of course, understand that by the very definition, you can’t rape your spouse.

-Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen