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What did Gisèle Pelicot discover about her husband in 2020?

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In 2020 Gisèle Pelicot discovered that her husband had repeatedly raped her and arranged for more than 50 others to do the same while she was drugged and unconscious. The abuse took place for nearly a decade. In 2024 all of Gisèle Pelicot’s attackers were convicted. In 2024 her former husband, Dominique Pelicot, was sentenced to 20 years in prison.