Many countries require that consent be given before sex — and have written that into their rape laws. France is not among them. Now two lawmakers hope to change that, and they got a step closer Tuesday night when the lower house of the French Parliament passed a bill that expands the definition of rape…
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The daughter of the convicted rapist Dominique Pelicot, whose trial horrified France as it detailed his years of abusing his wife with strangers, filed a police complaint against him this week that accused him of drugging and raping her as well. Mr. Pelicot was found guilty last December of drugging and raping his wife, Gisèle…
In December, a court sentenced Dominique Pelicot to 20 years in prison for drugging his wife Gisèle and inviting dozens of men to their bedroom to rape her between 2011 and 2020. The trial stunned France and turned Mr. Pelicot into France’s most infamous sexual predator. His wife, Gisèle, became a feminist icon. But the…
A French court found Dominique Pelicot guilty on Thursday of repeatedly drugging and raping his wife for almost a decade, and inviting dozens of strangers to rape her unconscious body in their home. A panel of judges did not immediately issue a sentence. Prosecutors have demanded a term of 20 years in prison, in a…