Pélicot, accused of drugging his wife so that other men could abuse her: “I am a rapist”

Dominique Pélicot, the man who drugged his wife for 10 years, Gisele Pélicotand offered her on the Internet for more than 50 men to rape her, he confessed in his first statement at the trial. “I acknowledge the facts in their entirety. I am a rapist, like all those in the courtroom. She did not deserve it,” the man said through tears.

His testimony, postponed for health reasons, comes two weeks after the start of a trial that has shocked FranceThe rest of the defendants are expected to testify in the coming days and weeks: 51 men who allegedly raped Gisèle after her husband drugged her and rendered her unconscious.

“I don’t blame her for anything at all, I was very happy with her, she was the opposite of my mother, rebellious,” he said. Moments later, the accused began to cry.I am a rapist “Like everyone in this room. They know everything. They can’t say otherwise. He didn’t deserve it, I admit it,” she said, her voice breaking through tears.

The victim, Gisèle Pélicot, who listened to the entire statement of her husband and attacker, also spoke on Tuesday. “For fifty years I lived with a man of whom I had no idea what to do.” I never imagined that I could commit these acts of rape. He is aware of these acts, but I did not doubt this man for a single second. I had complete confidence in him,” she lamented.

Dominique also said that she recorded the rape videos “for pleasure”, but claimed that “thanks to that we have been able to find out who participated”.

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