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The change is the result of a cross-party, years-long debate which gained renewed urgency after last year's Pelicot rape trial, in which 50 men were found guilty of sexually assaulting or raping ... Gisèle Pelicot , 72, waived her legal right to anonymity and said she wanted the trial to be held publicly to alert the public to sexual abuse and drug-induced blackouts. All this happened in... Gisèle Pelicot (center) attends a hearing in an appeal trial filed by one of the 51 people convicted in a mass rape trial, at the courthouse in Nimes, France, Oct. 8, 2025. Dominique Pelicot has been found guilty of drugging his ex-wife, Gisèle , raping her and inviting dozens of men to abuse her.