Mazan rape case: Gisèle's lawyer announces that the Pelicot couple's divorce has been pronounced

The divorce between Dominique Pelicot and his wife Gisèle, whom he drugged to rape her with men recruited on the internet for 10 years, was pronounced on August 22, 2024, the lawyer for the civil parties announced on Monday.

The lawyers of the main victim and now ex-partner of the main accused, tried with 50 co-accused before the criminal court of Vaucluse, mainly for aggravated rape, had announced it to their client on the first day of the trial, which began on September 2 before the criminal court of Vaucluse in Avignon.

"Symbolic scope"

"Even before entering the courtroom, we were able to pass this information on to our client and more generally to the whole family", explained to AFP Me Antoine Camus, welcoming this "symbolic significance".

A On the eve of the extraordinary trial scheduled to run until December 20, the lawyers still presented the Pelicot couple as being in the process of divorcing.

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Gisèle and Dominique Pelicot, both 71 years old, were married in 1973. As soon as the facts were revealed, in the fall of 2020, Mrs. Pelicot had, however, taken back her maiden name.

Via Their lawyers, Gisèle Pelicot and the couple's three children, had informed AFP on Thursday …Thursday that they accepted and now wished for the surname of their ex-husband and father to be published by the press.