Coco: The anonymous chat site dubbed the ‘den of predators’ that enabled the mass rape of Gisèle Pelicot

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. But the shut-down Coco forum turned into a “den of predators” with it now emerging it was used by Dominque Pelicot to organise the horrifying mass rape of his ex-wife Gisèle. open image in gallery The website was banned earlier this year after being implicated in killings, pedophilia, homophobic attacks and sexual assaults Inside a packed Vaucluse criminal courtroom in Avignon, 47 men, including Pelicot, were convicted of rape. open image in gallery Pelicot used the anonymous pseudonym on a Coco forum called à son insu meaning ‘without her knowledge’ to solicit men over to his home in southern France On Pelicot, he used the anonymous pseudonym “à son insu”, meaning “without her knowledge” to solicit men to his home in southern France. While many of the men invited claimed they believed they were engaging in a consensual sexual roleplay, investigators found that several times Pelicot also explicitly used the words “rape” and described drugging his wife to potential attackers.