2024-12-18
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Hi there.
I'm Katrina Perry from the BBC World Service.
This is the Global Story.
Now, before we get started, I want to let you know that this episode details allegations of rape and sexual violence which can be distressing today, Giselle pellicot and the 51 men she faced in court.
For months now, a courtroom in the small French town of Avignon has demanded the world's attention.
From there, incomprehensible evidence has emerged.
Evidence that a husband drugged and sedated his wife over a period of years.
Evidence that he invited at least 50 men into their home to have sex with her while she was unconscious.
And evidence that many of those men didn't realize or care that was wrong.
But the world has also heard testimony from Gisele Pellico, a woman who refused to be a silent victim and showed the world that the shame of those years was not hers to bear.
To all the victims, I say today, look around you.
You are not alone.
In the coming days, a court will decide if what happened to her is legally considered rape.
So how is Brandt's reckoning with the 50 men Giselle Pellico faced in court?
So to talk about this case, I'm joined today by our correspondent in Paris, Andrew Harding.
Hi, Andrew.
Hi, Katrina.
Now, Andrew, lots to talk about here, but let's start in the village of Mazanne, where Dominique and Giselle Pellico were living.