Current Events > An Ordeal Even when there is Proof - Gisele Pelicot

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https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20241219-a-very-difficult-ordeal-gisele-pelicot-s-statement-after-mass-rape-trial

She is absolutely a heroine of our times.

Gave up her anonymity and had intimate details of the terrible crimes against her become public knowledge, so she could challenge attitudes to rape and shift the shame from the victims to the abusers.

Very few people have her courage.

Holy shit. I hadn't heard of this case or the countless atrocities committed on this woman. The article linked in the OP doesn't give much background but her Wiki page does.

She successfully challenged the judge's initial decision to exclude the public from court when videos of her being raped were shown.[9] "The shame is theirs" she said, referring to the men accused of raping her.[10] "I'm lucky to have the evidence. I have the proof, which is very rare. So, I have to go through [all this] to stand for all the victims," she said of the videos.

This is the type of person that should be leading, not people like Musk or Trump. But of course certain groups will claim she deserved everything because of her affair.

Her courage in this has been unreal.