Good morning! A group of women investors saved a brand from collapse, billionaires back Kamala Harris, and Gisele Pelicot's case in France could change society for generations of women. Have a peaceful weekend.
- Pelicot's power. This week, Gisele Pelicot took the stand in France. If you haven't followed her case, consider this a trigger warning: the details are, put simply, horrifying.
Pelicot, 72, discovered that her husband of 50 years had over a period of 10 years drugged her and raped her—and invited 50 other men he met in an online chatroom to their house to do the same. He filmed the encounters, which was how police and Pelicot discovered what had happened. Dominique Pelicot has admitted to those actions; some of his co-defendants have denied allegations of rape, saying they thought they were participating in a consensual sexual fantasy or that Gisele Pelicot was pretending to be asleep—or even that her husband's consent was enough.
