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Ex-surgeon jailed over sex attacks on 299 victims in France’s largest child abuse trial

Joel Le Scouarnec was standing trial over three decades of violence against child patients, some of whom were unconscious at the time

The Independent UK · May 28, 2025

Gisèle Pelicot’s son reveals moment he discovered his father was a ‘monster’ who arranged his mother’s mass rape

David Pelicot also says he will never forgive his father and that he is still haunted by the question of why

The Independent UK · Mar 24, 2025

Queen Camilla sends letter of support to Gisèle Pelicot after mass rape ordeal

An envelope bearing the seal of the British royal family arrived among thousands of letters of support to Ms Pelicot

The Independent UK · Mar 13, 2025

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Gisele Pelicot tells sexual violence survivors ‘you will never be alone’ in International Women’s Day message

Exclusive: The extraordinary French grandmother dedicates being named The Independent’s most influential woman of 2025 to survivors who are ‘the true heroes’, in personal words shared by her lawyer

The Independent UK · Mar 7, 2025

Gisèle Pelicot’s daughter accuses her mother of ‘not wanting to hear’ she was a victim of her father too

Caroline Darian has written a new book So That We May Remember about the Dominique Pelicot rape scandal

The Independent UK · Mar 6, 2025

Gisèle Pelicot ‘inspired’ victims in France’s largest child abuse trial to testify publically

Ms Pelicot’s lawyer Stéphane Babonneau said his client’s bravery had encouraged alleged victims in the trial of surgeon Joel Le Scouarnec, accused of abusing hundreds of patients

The Independent UK · Feb 24, 2025

Fearless Gisèle Pelicot ready to face rapists in courtroom again as fight not over, her lawyer says

Exclusive: Stéphane Babonneau tells The Independent of moments his client, and now feminist icon, made decision to waive anonymity and first said to him ‘shame has switched sides’

The Independent UK · Feb 15, 2025

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Gisèle Pelicot has ‘no fear’ over another trial as two men convicted of her rape lodge appeals

But Gisèle Pelicot does not want to be seen as an icon, one of her lawyers has said

The Independent UK · Dec 20, 2024

Gisèle Pelicot has no fear of another trial, lawyer says as appeals lodged

Two defendants have so far filed appeals and Dominique Pelicot is said to be considering challenge against sentence

The Guardian - UK · Dec 20, 2024

Gisèle Pelicot’s lawyer: ‘This level of depravity? I have never seen anything like it’

Stéphane Babonneau had to watch thousands of videos of Gisèle Pelicot being raped, before disclosing their horror to her. He explains how she found the courage to cope – and to change the world for other survivors

The Guardian - UK · Dec 3, 2024

Pelicot rape trial: ‘It is Gisèle’s name that will be remembered’

Woman who has become a feminist hero says she is ‘determined to change society’ as trial approaches its end

The Guardian - UK · Nov 23, 2024

Gisèle Pelicot held trial in public to force debate on rape culture, say lawyers

At summing up, lawyers say Gisèle Pelicot wanted to show how people still defend rape in France in 2024

The Guardian - UK · Nov 20, 2024

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