France mass rape trial – level 1
20-09-2024 15:00
Dominique Pelicot is a 71-year-old Frenchman. In court last week, he says that he drugs and rapes his wife Gisèle. The attacks happen for 10 years.
Dominique also lets other men rape the woman. She is not awake when the attacks happen. The man says that he is a rapist like the others. The other men think it is a game. Gisèle wants a public trial. Everyone can know what happens.
Pelicot has many videos of the bad things. The court will watch the videos. The trial will take a long time because many men are on trial. Dominique says that Gisèle does not know about the attacks. She is asleep every time.
Difficult words: drug (to give someone a substance which changes the person’s mind), rape (to sexually attack a person), public trial (when people can come and see how a court deals with a case), rapist (a person who sexually attacks someone).
You can watch the original video in the Level 3 section.
What is Gisèle's request regarding the trial and why might the trial take a long time according to the text?
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