SURVIVOR TESTIFIES IN COURT
Wife speaks out against ‘Monster of Avignon’
GISÈLE Pelicot has bravely testified in a mass rape trial that has shocked France, detailing the horrific betrayal by her former husband, Dominique Pelicot. For nearly 10 years he drugged her food and drinks, enabling multiple men to rape her while she was unconscious.
“I still don’t understand how this man, who was the perfect man, could do this, could destroy my life and betray me,” she said.
Gisele (72) said Dominique (71), who’s been dubbed by local media as the “Monster of Avignon”, had made lots of meals and often brought her ice cream afterwards.
“I thought, ‘Wow, I’m lucky to have a husband who looks after me like this’,’ ” she told the court, explaining she was…