Feminists protest outside French courthouse where ‘shocking’ mass rape case is being heard

Feminists have staged a protest outside a courthouse in France where 71-year-old Dominique Pélicot is on trial for allegedly inviting dozens of men to rape his wife.

Pélicot is accused of drugging and raping his now former wife. 50 other men, aged between 22 and 70, are facing charges of aggravated rape, and the trial is expected to run until December.

Gisèle Pélicot waived her right to anonymity, insisting that she wanted the trial to be in the public eye so that the alleged offence “never happens again”. During her testimony last week, she told the court that she hoped her testimony will help spare other women, who might go unrecognised as victims of sexual crimes, from similar ordeals, AP reported.

A woman called Valentine,

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