Feminist icon Gisele Pelicot back in court as man appeals rape conviction

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Feminist icon Gisele Pelicot back in court as man appeals rape conviction

Frenchwoman Gisele Pelicot, whose ex-husband recruited dozens of strangers online to sexually assault and rape her while drugged, has arrived in court to applause for an appeal trial triggered by the bid of one man to overturn his conviction.

Fifty-one men, including her former husband Dominique Pelicot, were convicted at the nearly four-month initial trial that ended in December 2024 and turned Gisele Pelicot into a global icon.

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