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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 4 - Caught on Camera

Dominique Pelicot may escape prosecution in separate murder case due to ‘loss of evidence’

Clothes found at the scene of Sophie Narme’s rape and murder have been lost, a lawyer says

The Independent UK

‘It’s ourselves and society on trial’: playwright adapts Gisèle Pelicot case for stage

Case that exposed France’s rape culture and shocked the world has been made into play to be shown in Avignon, where trial was held

The Guardian - UK

Gisele Pelicot honoured on Bastille Day for advocacy against sexual violence

Gisele Pelicot, who embodies the fight against sexual violence against women, is one of those being honoured on 14 July, France's National Day, known as Bastille Day. Rapper-turned-fashion designer Pharrell Williams is also among 589 people awarded Legion of Honour.

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Feminist icon Gisele Pelicot awarded France’s top civic honour: Report

Pelicot has been praised globally for her courage during trial, which forced changes to France’s rape law.

Al Jazeera

How do criminal courts work without juries around the world?

US defendants can waive right to jury trial and in Germany jury trials were abolished in 1924

The Guardian - UK

Gisele Pelicot settles with Paris Match magazine over invasion of privacy

Gisèle Pelicot, who survived nearly a decade of rapes by dozens of men, facilitated by her husband, has reached a settlement with Paris Match magazine, which she accused of taking photos of her without her consent.

Radio France Internationale

Gisèle Pelicot settles claim for invasion of privacy against French magazine

Paris Match agrees to pay €40,000 to two charities after publishing photos of Pelicot

The Guardian - UK

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Gisèle Pelicot’s daughter claims she and her mother no longer speak

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The Independent UK

Caroline Darian says mother Gisèle Pelicot would ‘die’ if she acknowledged her daughter was also a potential victim

Author claims mother is in denial ‘to protect herself’

The Independent UK

Gisèle Pelicot’s daughter says she believes online pornography played role in rape case

Caroline Darian tells Hay festival that pornography websites are ‘part of the system’ of misogyny and violence

The Guardian - UK

‘The devil dressed in a white coat’: Inside France’s largest-ever child abuse trial after ex-surgeon victimised 299 patients

Tara Cobham and Rachel Clun report on the case of Joel Le Scouarnec, believed to be France's worst-ever paedophile. He abused victims over 25 years with an average age of just 11

The Independent UK

French surgeon sentenced to 20 years for sex abuse of nearly 300 people

Joel Le Scouarnec tells court he committed ‘despicable act’ in another mass rape case that shocks France.

Al Jazeera

French court sentences ex-surgeon to 20 years in prison in country's largest sex abuse trial

Joël Le Scouarnec received the maximum sentence for multiple rapes and sexual assaults on minors.

Euronews

Blake Lively hints at Justin Baldoni legal woes as she reveals mother survived violent assault in speech

The actress shared the insight during the 2025 Time100 summit and gala held in New York on Thursday

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Top European court condemns France for failure to protect girls who reported rape

France is in the midst of a long-running debate on expanding the definition of rape to include the absence of consent.

Euronews

French rape victim Gisèle Pelicot’s book to be adapted by HBO?

Pelicot won international acclaim last year for her courage during the trial of her former husband, Dominique Pelicot. Her upcoming memoir "A Hymn to Life" will be published next year and reports indicate that HBO will adapt the book.

The Guardian - UK

Gisèle Pelicot to sue Paris Match magazine for invasion of privacy

French weekly published pictures of Pelicot with a man, described as her ‘companion’, walking in the street

The Independent UK

Paris launches daily pool changing room inspections after men caught filming women

Paris announced it would audit all 40 municipal pools, saying women ‘must be able to feel safe’

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Who Is Caroline Darian? Gisele Pelicot's Daughter Speaks Out About Abuse by Father After His Conviction

Intimate photographs of Caroline taken without her consent were discovered by police during the investigation.

The Independent UK

Gisèle Pelicot’s son reveals moment he discovered his father was a ‘monster’ who arranged his mother’s mass rape

David Pelicot also says he will never forgive his father and that he is still haunted by the question of why

The Independent UK

French rape victim Gisèle Pelicot's memoir, 'A Hymn to Life,' will be released next year

Gisèle Pelicot, who became a symbol of the fight against sexual violence during the drugging-and-rape trial that riveted France last year and turned her into a global icon, will publish her memoir next year

The Guardian - UK

Gisèle Pelicot announces she will publish a memoir

The survivor of mass rape who became an international symbol of fortitude hopes ‘to convey a message of strength and courage’ in A Hymn to Life

Evening Standard

Queen wrote to rape survivor Gisele Pelicot to praise ‘extraordinary courage’

Camilla has long supported survivors of domestic violence and sexual abuse.

The Independent UK

Stacey Dooley says she wouldn’t go to police if she was raped

Journalist Dooley is the face of BBC documentary Rape On Trial

Evening Standard

Stacey Dooley says she wouldn't go to the police if she was raped: 'It's so bleak'

She is fronting the BBC documentary Rape On Trial, which covers the delays to court cases

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