Gisèle Pelicot: "Since the beginning of this trial, I've heard a lot of things that I were hard to hear, and I've become aware of that. I knew what I was exposing myself to by not going agreeing for the trial to be behind closed doors."
Gisèle Pelicot: "I feel like telling them at what point when you enter this bed room at what point did Madame Pelicot give you consent when you saw this inert body at what point?"
Gisèle Pelicot: "For me it's the trial of cowardice, there are no other words. I also saw 4 people from the gendarmerie come to say that a gentleman here was respectful. That is respect?"
Defence lawyer asking why GP only cried once when the court heard of her husband's terrible childhood and is accusing her of being under the "strong manipulation" of her husband.
GP: "You think. I would stay with a man for 50 years if I was being manipulated. You don't know my character."
Lawyer is persisting quite forcefully.
"I think you have been under the very strong influence of your husband and still are."
Lawyer is persisting quite forcefully.
"I think you have been under the very strong influence of your husband and still are."
GP: "I had a completely normal life with Mr Pelicot. What was absormal is that he drugged me and I was raped without me knowing." Asked if she didn't spot any signs. "I went to sleep up in my pyjamas and woke up in my pyjamas."
The signs only became obvious in retrospect.
Dominique Pelicot accompanied her to all medical appointments.
GP: "I was worried about my health. I thought I was condemned. I have lost 10 years of my life I will never get back. I'm 72..."
Dominique Pelicot accompanied her to all medical appointments.
GP: "I was worried about my health. I thought I was condemned. I have lost 10 years of my life I will never get back. I'm 72..."
GP: "I don't know how long I have left, but I have lost 10 years. The scar wil never heal. Never, never will the scar heal."
Says she is in therapy and also walks for "hours and hours" and "has chocolate".
Says she is in therapy and also walks for "hours and hours" and "has chocolate".
Describes what happened to her as "barbarism".
Even after she had an affair, which they fully discussed, she thought they were "lucky to continue life together. We thought we would end our lives together."
Even after she had an affair, which they fully discussed, she thought they were "lucky to continue life together. We thought we would end our lives together."
Asked if she thinks Dominique Pelicot was motivated by revenge after her extramarital affair.
"It has crossed my mind but in that case why take his revenge so many years later. It was 30 years after the affair".
"It has crossed my mind but in that case why take his revenge so many years later. It was 30 years after the affair".
Female lawyer who is being expressive to the point of sounding aggressive, who previously accused GP of being under the control of her husband, is back.
"He (DP) told you "don't worry, ma cherie"...it was a continual theatre scene. You think it lasted 10 yrs I am saying it lasted 40."
GP's lawyers objecting to tone of defence questions.
Lawyer Nadia El Bouroumi insisting GP under husband's control.
GP's lawyers objecting to tone of defence questions.
Lawyer Nadia El Bouroumi insisting GP under husband's control.
As El Bouroumi continues her hammering questions, GP's lawyer Stephane Babonneau accuses the lawyer of "martyring" Gisèle Pelicot.
He's called to order by president.
GP: "I am angry with the people behind me (accused). Not for one moment did they stop. Not for one moment did they turn back. That is why I am angry. They followed their sexual pulsion. Yes I am angry. They could have stopped at any moment...
GP: "I am angry with the people behind me (accused). Not for one moment did they stop. Not for one moment did they turn back. That is why I am angry. They followed their sexual pulsion. Yes I am angry. They could have stopped at any moment...
Gisèle Pelicot: "Not one of them, not one of the 50 people in this court denounced it.
"The woman (in that bedroom) was not sleeping she was unconscious."
She says some said they felt something wasn't right but not one stopped or reported it.
"Who is mocking who here?" she says
"The woman (in that bedroom) was not sleeping she was unconscious."
She says some said they felt something wasn't right but not one stopped or reported it.
"Who is mocking who here?" she says
GP still being questioned by defence lawyers.
Asked if she distinguishes between those who have admitted rape and those who havent.
Says she can perhaps look those who admit it in the eye when the say sorry as opposed to those "trying to save their skin" but no real difference.
Asked if she distinguishes between those who have admitted rape and those who havent.
Says she can perhaps look those who admit it in the eye when the say sorry as opposed to those "trying to save their skin" but no real difference.
"They all raped an unconscious woman unable to give her consent."
Adds: "51 men dirtied me. I have to live with that all my life."
Adds: "51 men dirtied me. I have to live with that all my life."
Gisèle Pelicot believes she was raped (by her husband and strangers) while drugged and unconscious a total of 200 times.
After 15 minute pause, Gisèle Pelicot is asked if Dominique Pelicot could have manipulated the accused.
"Perhaps on the telephone but when they came into the bedroom is it still manipulation," she replies.
"Perhaps on the telephone but when they came into the bedroom is it still manipulation," she replies.
Gisèle Pelicot: "I think Mr Pelicot manipulated them in getting them to come to the house. But when they acted...I can't believe someone is manipulated into the act. There has to be a realisation. We're not talking about five year old boys."
Defence lawyer saying some client is "limited intellectually" and can she understand there was not the reflex to leave.
GP: "I'm not here to think. I'm not in the heads of these individuals."
GP: "I'm not here to think. I'm not in the heads of these individuals."
Defence lawyer talking of "sexual predators" echoing GP's daughter Caroline's words that Dominique Pelicot is "worst sexual delinquent for many years".
GP: "I have heard it suggested I pardon Mr Pelicot. I have not pardoned Mr Pelicot for anything....
GP: "I have heard it suggested I pardon Mr Pelicot. I have not pardoned Mr Pelicot for anything....
Gisèle Pelicot"...His acts are impardonable. He betrayed me." Says she was not manipulated except for the drugging and raping and she thought she was "living with a kind person".
Were the accused "prey" for Dominique Pelicot, asks defence lawyer?
GP: "Looking at videos they don't seem to be puppets or manipulated when theyn acted."
GP: "Looking at videos they don't seem to be puppets or manipulated when theyn acted."
Lawyer talking about a "pyramid of evil"
GP: "Mr Pelicot was certainly the conductor of the orchestra. Once you connect at a site called "without their knowing" you know you are not buying bread but a woman without them knowing."
GP: "Mr Pelicot was certainly the conductor of the orchestra. Once you connect at a site called "without their knowing" you know you are not buying bread but a woman without them knowing."
Gisèle Pelicot: "My family is destroyed but there are 50 families behind me who are destroyed. It will be complicated for the wives, the mothers, the cousins..."
Defence lawyer saying children's testimony yesterday suggests there were several signs that could have raised the alarm. "Wouldn't it have been possible in 2010 even before that Mr Pelicot could have been stopped. A conversation, care, prison?"
GP: "No."
GP: "No."
GP says she only discovered her ex husband was arrested for filming up women's skirts in 2010 ten years later in 2020.
Lawyer talking about websites her youngest son said he discovered on his father's computer.
GP says she was unaware and never went on husband's computer.
Lawyer talking about websites her youngest son said he discovered on his father's computer.
GP says she was unaware and never went on husband's computer.
Defence lawyer asking: "Despite the suffering and tsunami why do you still carry the name Pelicot?"
GP: "When I came to this and gave up anonymity, my children were ashamed to have the name Pelicot...
GP: "When I came to this and gave up anonymity, my children were ashamed to have the name Pelicot...
GP: "...But I have grandchildren who are called Pelicot. I want them not to be ashamed to have the name. i want them to be proud of their grandmother. I want people to remember Madame Pelicot not Monsieur Pelicot."
"I have made very few declarations to the press...two times."
GP: "We are all victims in this case, the whole family are victims."
GP: "We are all victims in this case, the whole family are victims."
“Je veux que mes petits enfants soient fiers de leur grand-mère. C’est pour ça. Je suis connue dans le monde entier. Je n'ai pas évalué l'ampleur que cela allait prendre ( ..?..)
Je veux qu’ils n’aient pas honte de ce nom. On se rappellera Gisèle Pelicot."
Je veux qu’ils n’aient pas honte de ce nom. On se rappellera Gisèle Pelicot."
“I want my grandchildren to be proud of their grandmother. That’s why (she kept name) I am known around the whole world. I didn’t realise the impact this would have. I don’t want them to be ashamed of their name.”
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