Mazan rape case: the unwavering support of the wives of the accused who assure that their husbands were “manipulated”

Her daughter continues: “The first thing we wanted to do was see Dad. He said, “Don't leave me, stay with me.” She told him that wasn't the most important thing, that the most important thing was to get him out of prison.” Two weeks after his incarceration, the accused attempted suicide. For his daughter, this gesture was “because of the guilt towards Gisèle Pelicot, he didn't want to do that to her. We tried to understand how our father had gotten to this point."

"He was trapped"

"We were also looked at askance. Many people asked me why I didn't throw him out. But no, I didn't want him to end up on the street, with nothing left. He didn't deserve this”, concludes the mother. For another partner of the accused, the support will be unconditional. "No matter the sentence, he's our father, we need him", she whispers, still in the columns of BFMTV.

"My clients' wives tell me 'he's a good man, we've been together for years, we had children but there was this huge jerk (Dominique Pelicot)'. There is anger towards him.", completes the lawyer of two accused. "The wife of one of my clients always knew that it was not rape. She manages to understand that he was set up,", defends another lawyer.