Sweden Living World Business Sports Entertainment

Cover image for Fru Gisèle

Fru Gisèle

Appeal in Pelicot Case: Defendant Challenges Rapist Label

Appeal in Pelicot Case: Defendant Challenges Rapist Label

Mon 6 Oct 2025 13:00 CEST

One of 50 foreign men who assaulted the woman Gisèle Pelicot in a high-profile rape case in France does not want to be labeled as a rapist. The case is now being tried in a higher court

Pelicot's daughter reports sexual assault

Pelicot's daughter reports sexual assault

Thu 6 Mar 2025 16:19 CET

Caroline Darian, daughter of Dominique Pelicot, who is one of France's worst rapists of all time, has reported her father for sexual abuse.

French rapist Pelicot questioned about murder

French rapist Pelicot questioned about murder

Thu 30 Jan 2025 15:54 CET

For several years, Frenchman Dominique Pelicot coerced his wife Gisèle into being raped and invited other men to assault her. Now, Pelicot has been questioned about new crimes – including a murder – committed in the 90s

Pelicot's daughter: Dad should die in prison

Pelicot's daughter: Dad should die in prison

Sun 12 Jan 2025 15:49 CET

Dominique Pelicot was well aware of what he did and he is not sick. That's what Caroline Darian, daughter of one of France's worst rapists of all time, says

Man behind rape website Pelicot arrested

Man behind rape website Pelicot arrested

Thu 9 Jan 2025 16:52 CET

The founder of a website used to commit sexual offenses is formally accused of a crime, according to prosecutors in France. The website has, among other things, been used by Dominique Pelicot

Pelicot does not appeal the rape verdict

Pelicot does not appeal the rape verdict

Mon 30 Dec 2024 08:01 CET

The Frenchman Dominique Pelicot, who was sentenced to the maximum penalty of 20 years' imprisonment for, among other things, aggravated rape following a series of assaults on his drugged wife, will not appeal the verdict, announces his lawyer.

Now the "monster from Avignon" gets his sentence

World News Top News

Now the "monster from Avignon" gets his sentence

Thu 19 Dec 2024 05:30 CET

20 years in prison has been described as too little. But it is the maximum sentence for rape in France, and therefore Dominique Pelicot is expected to get it when the judges now rule in one of the most talked-about sexual offense cases of all time

Rape-accused Pelicot praises ex-wife's "courage"

Rape-accused Pelicot praises ex-wife's "courage"

Mon 16 Dec 2024 10:08 CET

Dominique Pelicot, who has acknowledged years of rapes against his former wife Gisèle, asks for forgiveness from his family in his final plea. The judges in the highly publicized case are expected to deliver their verdict on Thursday