In his final statement before the Avignon Criminal Court, the suspect addressed his ex-wife, Gisèle Pelicot, and his daughter, to whom he once again asked for forgiveness.
“I should never have done this, I’m dying like a dog”. This is how Dominique Pelicot, the man who drugged his wife for ten years to sexually abuse her and also raped dozens of other men he recorded, lamented during his final statement at the trial.
In tears, Pelicot completed his final statement before the Paris Criminal Court last Wednesday, in which he addressed his ex-wife, Gisèle Pelicot, and his daughter, Caroline Darian, to whom he reiterated his apologies for all the pain caused, despite the fact that he has recognized that “It will not be enough. “She is part of what I keep deep inside me,” said Dominique, who was her life partner for fifty years and could not hold back her tears.
The suspect has said that “the only hope” he has left is that his daughter “can have proof” that, contrary to her beliefs, he did not drug and rape her, as he did with her mother. Darian, who also cried as her father insisted on asking for forgiveness, is convinced he also drugged her to abuse her, as among the files seized by police were photos in which she appeared naked and apparently sleeping .
The main defendant in this trial, who could be sentenced to 20 years in prison, has acknowledged that he was a “sex addict” and lamented that he will die alone because, apart from his lawyer, Béatrice Zavarro, no one supports him. it. He has also argued that he was not aware of the extent to which he was harming his wife and children with his actions.
Pelicot is accused of drugging and raping his then-wife, Gisèle Pelicot, and of inviting dozens of men to also rape her while she was unconscious between 2011 and 2020. Together with him, there are 50 other defendants in this macro trial that started on September 2. September, which is now in its final stages.
Gisèle Pelicot was confronted yesterday, Tuesday, by the 51 people accused of sexually abusing her for years, including her ex-husband, who drugged her to leave her in a state of unconsciousness, and indicated that it was a ‘trial for cowardice’.
“I am angry with these men because they did not stop at any time, did not report anything at any time. They came to satisfy their sexual desires. They could stop at any time and none reported it. That attracts attention,” criticized he. , turning towards them and pointing his finger at them.
Source: EITB
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