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The newspaper La Jornada
Wednesday, September 18, 2024, p. 26

Dominique Pelicot, 71 years old (microphone in hand), accused of drugging his wife so that she could be raped by dozens of strangers, admitted yesterday that he was a rapistand stated that Gisèle Pelicot (left) did not deserve the ordeal suffered for nine years. I am a rapist, like everyone in this room. They all knew it, they can’t say otherwise.Pelicot said, referring to the 50 co-defendants, some of whom expressed disapproval. The court in Avignon, southern France, has been trying the man since September 2 for drugging his ex-wife with drugs to make her sleepy and raping her along with dozens of strangers between 2011 and 2020.