Gisèle Pelicot on confronting shame and finding hope

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  Before we start today's episode,

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  I want to let you know that we'll be discussing sexual abuse and rape.

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  In September 2024, French journalists have gathered in Avignon in southeastern France,

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  and they're there to cover what they've been told will be a deeply harrowing rape case.

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  But they're not expecting to be able to report much on it at all,

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  because the trial will take place behind closed doors.

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  And that's the case for almost all rape trials in France.

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  But then...

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  One of the lawyers in the case, who represents a 71-year-old woman,

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  announces that his client, the victim, has waived her right to anonymity.

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  Her name is Giselle Pelico.

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  Arriving at court to a chorus of support, Giselle Pelico.

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  A woman subjected to around 200 rapes, proud to show her face.

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