From The Times and The Sunday Times, this is the story.
I'm Luke Jones.
This week, The Times published an exclusive extract of Giselle Pelico's memoir, Him to Life.
She was the victim at the centre of France's largest ever rape trial,
and the book centres around her life, before and after.
learning her husband drugged her,
raped her and invited many other men to do the same whilst she was unconscious.
And it also takes you through her decision to renounce her right to anonymity at the start of the trial.
In this special episode of The Story, with thanks to Penguin Books,
we can bring you that extract, read by the actress Emma Thompson.
The trial, set to begin in Avignon in the autumn, was fast approaching.
I thought about it all the time.
My two lawyers and I were busy preparing for it.
I always refer to them now as the boys.
An affectionate term that reflected how important they were in my life.
They were still unfailingly tactful and reserved with me.
In that respect, we were all very much alike.
Stefan and Antoine had requested that I read the writ of indictment in its entirety.
Four hundred pages.
A full account of everything I had discovered and been told over the last few years.