It was something in Dominique Pelicot 's swagger, his "élan" - as the French might put it - that immediately struck the psychiatrist as odd. There he stood. A 68-year-old pensioner who had already ... Dominique Pelicot , who drugged and raped his wife Gisèle Pelicot with dozens of strangers he recruited online, was convicted by a court in Avignon. The case sparked a national debate on sexual violence and consent, and turned Gisèle Pelicot into a feminist hero. Dominique Pelicot and 50 Others Guilty in Rape Trial That Shook France A court sentenced Mr. Pelicot to 20 years after he admitted to drugging and raping his wife, Gisèle, for nearly a decade ... Gisèle and Dominique Pelicot were both born in 1952. [1] Gisèle was born in the city of Villingen in West Germany to a French family. [1] Her father was in the military and, despite losing her mother at the age of nine, she described a happy childhood. [2][3] Dominique was born in Quincy-sous-Sénart in the Paris region, and later spent part of his formative years in Luçay-le-Mâle, central France, where his parents worked as janitors in a rehabilitation center. [4] Gisèle Pelicot in ...
