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Between 2011 and 2020, she had been drugged and raped by her husband Dominique and dozens of other men while she was unconscious, mostly in the couple's home in Mazan. She only became aware of the abuse in 2020, when Dominique was arrested for upskirting women in a local supermarket and a police search of his computer equipment revealed images of her being raped.

The case attracted international media attention and Gisèle's courage and determination to speak out on behalf of all victims of sexual assault won her international support and admiration. She later appeared in the BBC's 2024 100 Women and the Financial Times list of the twenty‑five most influential women of the year. She was appointed a knight of the Legion of Honour on Bastille Day (14 July 2025). In February 2026, she published a co-written memoir.
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Gisèle Pelicot, née Guillou le 7 décembre 1952 à Villingen en Allemagne[1], est une cadre retraitée française connue pour avoir été la victime de l'affaire des viols de Mazan. Elle renonce à l'anonymat dès le début du procès pour les viols collectifs subis de 2011 à 2020. L'affaire a un retentissement international.

Pendant neuf ans, son mari Dominique Pelicot la place régulièrement à son insu dans un sommeil par soumission chimique, pour la violer et la faire violer par d'autres hommes. Les faits, mis au jour en 2020, sont sanctionnés par la cour criminelle d'Avignon au terme d'un procès de près de quatre mois ; les cinquante mis en cause sont reconnus coupables le 19 décembre 2024 (quarante-six de viol aggravé, deux de tentatives de viol et deux d'agression sexuelle, ainsi qu'un cinquante-et-unième pour le viol de son épouse selon la même méthode, en présence de Dominique Pelicot) et condamnés à des peines allant de trois à vingt ans de réclusion criminelle.

Son comportement pendant le procès, et principalement son renoncement à l'anonymat par la levée du huis-clos, confère à Gisèle Pelicot une réputation internationale. Qualifiée par certains d'« icône » du féminisme, elle est louée pour avoir donné une visibilité à ce qui lui est arrivé.

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