Gisele Pelicot's ex-husband and dozens of other men received prison sentences

Gisele Pelicot's ex-husband and dozens of other men received prison sentences in a landmark French mass rape trial.

Dominique  Pelicot, who admitted  repeatedly drugging his ex-wife  Gisèle over a decade and inviting strangers  online to rape her  while she was  unconscious, has been sentenced by a French court to 20 years in  prison, along with dozens of other  men, in a  gang rape case that  has shocked the  country. Rape trial in France  APTOPIX
Gisele Pelicot, who was drugged by her  ex-husband

so he and others could  attack him, arrives at court in Avignon, southern  France. Copyright 2024 Associated Press. All rights  reserved.
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Dominique Pelicot  has been sentenced to a maximum of 20 years  in prison after  being found guilty of aggravated rape of  Gisèle, attempted rape  of the wife of another man convicted in the  same case, and distributing images of his wife,  his daughter Caroline and  his daughters. -Aurore and  Céline law, without their consent or  knowledge.
According to Le Monde, the 72-year-old will have to serve at least two-thirds of his sentence and his name will be  included in the French national  register of sex  offenders. The court convicted  the other fifty defendants,  who received prison sentences  ranging from 15  to three  years.
In addition to Pelicot, the court found 46 other defendants guilty of rape, two of attempted rape and two of sexual  assault.
One of the  defendants, Jean-Pierre  Maréchal, who  later admitted to  Pelicot's actions by drugging his wife for five years and inviting Pelicot to rape her, was sentenced to 12  years in prison.
The defendants have 10 days to challenge the  decision, and  Pelicot's lawyer said he  plans to appeal.