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A French judge has reversed a ruling in the trial of a man who is accused of drugging his wife to sleep and recruiting dozens of men to abuse her for over a decade.

Lawyers for Gisèle Pelicot, 72, had earlier appealed against the judge's initial decision to only show video of the crimes to lawyers and the jury. 

She has waived her right to anonymity in the trial, enabling the shocking details of the case to be heard in public.

Her lawyers argued the video should be seen to draw attention to the use of drugs to commit sexual abuse. They hailed the latest ruling as a "victory"

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[-] njm1314@lemmy.world 172 points 1 month ago

Man this lady is brave as fuck

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 104 points 1 month ago

"If these same hearings, through their publicity, help prevent other women from having to go through this, then she will find meaning in her suffering," one of Ms Pelicot's lawyers, Stéphane Babonneau, said.

What a badass. I have so much respect for the ways she’s been handling this. A real “fuck you” to her abusers. Repeatedly.

[-] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 100 points 1 month ago

As long as that's Giséle's choice, that's a huge win and I wish her luck with her case. Thats beyond horrifying

[-] voracitude@lemmy.world 57 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yeah, she waived her right to anonymity, not automatically. She chose to, and it's her lawyers arguing these videos should be seen by the world. She is willing to give up her privacy like that to show exactly what these monsters will do to defenseless people. Absolute badass.

[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago

I respect her right to do this, but I'm not sure what it gains anyone. If anyone, I imagine people will view it for their own gratification.

[-] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

Then we should also make clear that anybody who watches them for gratification is a truly evil piece of shit.

Many people delude themselves into thinking they're good people even when they're evil, we shouldn't let them.

[-] foggy@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Gains the same thing Emmett Till's open casket gained.

[-] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago

I don't think I'd watch them out of respect, that's horrifying.

But man, I support the hell out of her throwing this evidence at her attackers full force and women should take strength out of her example.

[-] foggy@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

I truly hope it makes it damn near impossible for any one of these men too get a job ever again.

Imagine if you both have a conviction of rape, and a video of you doing it on public record?

Christ.

[-] MataVatnik@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago

Between this and Diddy, hard to believe how far some people take it. No different than serial killers imo.

[-] Llewellyn@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago

Be honest: it's really really different magnitude.

Rape (especially such) is unbelievably horrible.
But death - it's the final point.

[-] MataVatnik@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Me and a friend had an ongoing debate whether rape or murder was worse. I argued that murder was worse than rape while he argued the opposite. It was mostly just the two of us being edgelords. But after reading about these two cases, I started to think that the serial rapists might be more depraved.

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