37 minutes of 'rape caught on camera': Court hears horrifying details of how drugged Gisele Pelicot was 'abused by incest paedophile pensioner' who told investigators 'it was like sleeping with a corp

A French court today discovered how a drugged and sleeping Gisele Pelicot was filmed being brutally raped for 37 minutes by a man previously jailed for sexually abusing his own teenage daughter. Gisele Pelicot arrives at the Avignon courthouse for the trial of her former partner Dominique Pelicot accused of drugging her for nearly ten years and inviting strangers to rape her at their home in Mazan, a small town in the south of France, in Avignon Gisele Pelicot arrives with her lawyer Antoine Camus at the Avignon courthouse Dominique Pelicot delighted in watching strangers abuse his wife. He repeatedly drugged his spouse and invited strangers he met on the Internet to their family home to abuse her while he made home movies and took pictures This courtroom sketch by Valentin Pasquier shows Gisele Pelicot, left, and her ex-husband Dominique Pelicot, right, during his trial, at the Avignon court house, in Avignon, southern France Not only does the man deny raping Gisele, but he still maintains his innocence in the case involving his daughter. Gisele Pelicot arrives with her lawyer Antoine Camus at the Avignon courthouse Mr Pélicot depicted appearing at the courthouse in Avignon on September 11 The Pelicot home in the village of Mazan, now known as the house of horrors The video was filmed in a fixed shot from a shelf, with the gruesome scenes among a stash of 20,000 images kept by Pelicot and uncovered by police in 2020. Abuse took place in the town of Mazan, south of France, and was only uncovered after the man was caught up-skirting women in a local supermarket, prompting officers to search his home Dominique Pélicot is accused of recruiting men online to assault his wife repeatedly over 10years Dominique Pelicot, who has allegedly drugged and raped his wife Gisele Pelicot, appears during his trial on September 17 People take part in a march in support of rape victim, Gisele Pelicot, on October 05, 2024 in Mazan, France He claimed Pelicot dragged him into the bedroom where his sleeping wife was.