Dominique Pelicot’s Role in the Mazan Rape Trial Uncovered

Dominique Pelicot was not the only one to drug and deliver his wife to strangers. Jean-Pierre M., 63 years old, father of five and driver in a cooperative, was 'initiated' by the husband of Gisuèe Pelicot into chemical submission and marital rape. At least twelve rapes and sexual assaults, committed on different occasions, have been recorded. All of these acts were carried out at the home of Cécile and Jean-Pierre in Montségur-sur-Lauzon. At least three of these incidents involved Dominique Pelicot. During this eighth day of hearings, Cécile urged the court to spare her husband so that he 'might one day come out of prison and see his children'. Gisuèe Pelicot was not present today when Cécile, 53, approached the bar. She has short gray hair, cut boyishly, and wears small glasses. Like Gisuèe Pelicot, her husband drugged her without her knowledge to violate her. Like Gisuèe Pelicot, Cécile saw nothing. Like Gisuèe Pelicot, when investigators reached out...