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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Tara Cobham

Gisèle Pelicot says trial was for all sexual violence survivors and women who gathered at court ‘gave her strength’

Gisèle Pelicot has said her trial was for all sexual violence survivors as she opened up about the women gathered at court who “gave her strength” in a moving conversation.

The 73-year-old was speaking at the UK launch of her powerful memoir, A Hymn to Life, which details the harrowing ordeal she suffered after discovering her then-husband drugged then raped her while unconscious, along with dozens of men he had recruited online.

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