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ALL defendants in the Gisele Pelicot case have been found guilty

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KenAdams · 19/12/2024 09:29

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cnv35lp14z9t

I hope the verdict brings her some relief but she's the bravest woman I've ever heard of.

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DancingLions · 19/12/2024 12:55

It actually chills me reading that list of names. So many men. So many supposedly "ordinary" men. The fact the husband could find that many willing rapists in such a relatively small area. It's just horrifying.

I really hope Gisele can find some peace. She has been so brave and so dignified throughout. An amazing woman.

thequeenoftarts · 19/12/2024 13:13

My heart breaks for Gisele and her children, what an ordeal for them to go through. It is beyond words how awful this is for her and them. I hope they don't fall out as they really need each other more than anything now, for support.

However I do feel some of the sentences were a bit random, one man gets 5 years for one instance of rape but another man gets 6 years. They should have been sentenced accordingly for each instance of rape but thankfully none were acquitted either.

I feel some sentences were too light, I think they should have all gotten at least 10 - 20 years, they can now suffer locked away. I have not one bit of sympathy for anyone of them. Utterly vile creatures, their poor families, parents, wives, children now too have to live with this shame.

Gisele and family, you have been amazing, brave, dignified souls all through the worst time of your lives. I wish you all the very best during the remainder of your lives.

Marriumph · 19/12/2024 13:46

I've just read about this case. It's unbelievably shocking!

Gisele seems to me like a very strong, tough, almost stoic woman so I'm actually not surprised that she's gone through this trial bravely and openly. She did cheat on her husband with a colleague for 3 years so it tells me she has nerves of steel as a woman.

What her husband (and the other men) did to her is abysmal. Even if it was some sort of sick revenge, it's beyond sinister. One thing I find interesting though about some people is how, especially in this day and age of technology, they willingly document their crimes. Talk about handing yourselves to the police on a platter. There's something either self-flagellating about this people or too stupid to realise you're simply creating evidence with people who do that; or they just don't care either way.

I doubt that creating evidence of one's immoral/illegal activities is something Gisele did/would do while cheating on her husband for 3 years and I think she's the intelligent one in the relationship.

Perhaps, her husband chose revenge, humiliation and taking power away from her for whatever reason instead of just leaving and moving on. It's really a sick, twisted thing to do. I can't imagine what she must have felt watching those videos for the first time! Her poor children too knowing all these things about their parents while it's all public knowledge too. I hope they get some support.

Those other men are just as sick and twisted and to think they could be one's neighbours, tradesmen, barista, etc. Scary the world we live in!

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