For the past two and a half months, Vaucluse criminal court in Avignon, southern France, has been the stage for this remarkable trial.

Ms Pelicot, who has attended the mass rape trial from its start in September, entered the court dressed in a dark green jacket and a colourful scarf. She was questioned by defence lawyers after the last defendant in the case, Philippe L, left the dock.

Instead, she asked for it to be held in public, saying she hoped it would help other women speak up and show that victims have nothing to be ashamed of.“Rape is rape,” she said on Tuesday. “When you walk into a bedroom and see a motionless body,

Every day, dozens of well-wishers line up to watch a livestream of France's biggest mass rape trial and support the woman who insisted on making it public, Gisèle Pelicot. As hearings come to a close,

Gisele Pelicot who endured prolonged sexual abuse arranged by her spouse, delivered a stern rebuke to her assailants during the ongoing landmark trial of 50 defendants in Avignon.On Tuesday, 71-year-old Pelicot addressed the accused's lack of moral courage,

Gisèle Pelicot, who was unknowingly subjected to over a decade of rape by her husband and dozens of other men, gave her closing statement on Tuesday in one of France's biggest criminal trials in recent history. She called out "macho" and "patriarchal ...

Gisele Pelicot, the French woman drugged by her ex-husband so she could be raped and sexually abused by him and dozens of strangers, said on Tuesday that it was time for a "macho" society to change its attitude on rape.