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French gang rape victim speaks to court about ex-husband’s ‘immeasurable’ betrayal

French gang rape victim speaks to court about ex-husband’s ‘immeasurable’ betrayal

The woman at the center of a rape trial in France that has shocked the world has taken the stand at a trial. She said her life has “collapsed into nothingness” and denounced the “immeasurable” betrayal of her now ex-husband, Dominique Pelicot. More than 50 men are accused of raping Gisèle Pelicot while she was unconscious, after she was repeatedly drugged by her ex-husband for a decade. Ms Pelicot could have asked for the trial to be held behind closed doors with the explicit details and video evidence out of the public eye, but instead she said it is not her shame to bear, but her violators Ross Cullen reports.