Shocking rape trial highlights the systematic struggles French sexual abuse victims face
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Shocking rape trial highlights the systematic struggles French sexual abuse victims face

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For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “The French population has evolved … and I feel like justice has not evolved over that time,” he said, vowing to keep coming back until the trial ends. “In most cases, the victims’ words are called into question and the shame falls on them rather than on the man who committed the rape.” Piques said she has been particularly shocked by the questions about Gisèle Pelicot’s sex life, including “whether she was into swinging or threesomes, when this woman was drugged and unconscious.” Gisèle Pelicot has shown remarkable calm and stoicism during the trial, even throughout the most gruesome and explicit descriptions of the abuse she suffered. She had agreed to their display because she said she hoped they would serve as “undeniable evidence.” “I understand why victims of rape don’t press charges,” Pelicot told the five judges after a lawyer asked if she wasn't hiding any unusual sexual “tendencies.” “I’m not even going to answer this question, which I find insulting,” she responded, her voice breaking. But despite the nauseating details that have emerged during the trial, it hasn’t stopped some from minimizing the abuse, with the mayor of the small community where the Pelicots lived, Mazan, apologizing Thursday for suggesting in a BBC interview that things could have been worse because “no children were involved” and “nobody died.” Such dismissiveness is pervasive in France's justice system, Lafourcade said.

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