The wife of a man who allegedly drugged her and invited dozens of men to rape her over the course of nearly a decade has called the court case involving the 51 accused men a 'trial of cowardice.'

For the past two and a half months, Vaucluse criminal court in Avignon, southern France, has been the stage for this remarkable trial.

The sexual abuse victim Gisèle Pelicot has sharply criticized the testimonies of several of the defendants in the mass rape trial in southern France, ahead of closing arguments. "This is a cowardly trial,

The sons of Gisèle Pelicot — the French woman whose husband admitted to drugging her and having scores of men rape her over the course of several years — testified at their father’s trial and called for his punishment.

In France, rape survivor Gisele Pelicot gave a final statement in her trial. Allegedly drugged and raped by her husband and dozens of men he recruited online, she sparked a nationwide debate on sexual violence,

Gisele Pelicot, who was drugged by her now former husband so that he and others could assault her, arrives at the court house, in Avignon, southern France, Oct. 16, 2024.