25 h. ago Queen Camilla sends letter of support to Gisèle Pelicot after mass rape ordeal

An envelope bearing the seal of the British royal family arrived among thousands of letters of support to Ms Pelicot

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31 h. ago Queen wrote a letter to Gisele Pelicot after Monster of Avignon trial and praised her 'extraordinary dignity and courage'

The Queen has praised Gisele Pelicot for 'her extraordinary dignity and courage' as its revealed she penned a letter to the courageous rape survivor. 

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38 h. ago Queen wrote to rape survivor Gisele Pelicot to praise ‘extraordinary courage’

Camilla has long supported survivors of domestic violence and sexual abuse.

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40 h. ago Gisele Pelicot’s daughter feared her mother had Alzheimer’s before discovering truth about drugged rapes

Caroline Darian speaks out about the confusion she and her siblings felt about their mother when Dominique Pelicot started drugging his wife

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43 h. ago Giséle Pelicot's daughter feared mum had Alzheimer's before discovering horrifying truth

Giséle Pelicot bravely waived her right to anonymity after being drugged by her own husband and raped 92 times by strangers he invited into their bedroom between 2011 and 2020

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46 h. ago Gisele Pelicot's secret letter from Queen Camilla who was shaken by horror case

Queen Camilla reportedly wrote to brave Gisele Pelicot, who was drugged by her husband and raped by him and dozens of other men over almost a decade, to express her support

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3 d. ago Stacey Dooley: I had bleak realisation I don’t think I would report if raped

She is fronting the BBC documentary Rape On Trial, which covers the delays to court cases.

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6 d. ago Gisele Pelicot tells sexual violence survivors ‘you will never be alone’ in International Women’s Day message

The extraordinary French grandmother dedicates being named The Independent’s most influential woman of 2025 to survivors who are ‘the true heroes’, in personal words shared by her lawyer

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6 d. ago Gisèle Pelicot tells sexual violence survivors ‘you will never be alone’ in International Women’s Day message

The extraordinary French grandmother dedicates being named The Independent’s most influential woman of 2025 to survivors who ‘are the true heroes’ in personal words shared by her lawyer

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7 d. ago Dominique Pelicot faces MORE rape charges as daughter files case after wife Gisele was raped by 50

Dominique Pelicot, 72, was sentenced to 20 years in prison over the attacks on his wife Gisele that lasted for more than a decade, and involved him contacting strangers to rape her

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7 d. ago Gisèle Pelicot named The Independent’s most influential woman of 2025

The remarkable French grandmother and now global icon tops the 2025 Influence List of 50 exceptional women, from campaigners to politicians, businesswomen to television stars, sports champions to artists and influencers

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7 d. ago Dominique Pelicot’s daughter presses charges accusing him of sexual abuse

Caroline Darian, 46, believes she was drugged and sexually assaulted or raped by her father between 2010 and 2020The daughter of the convicted French rapist Dominique Pelicot has filed a legal complaint against her father accusing him of drugging and sexually abusing her, months after he was jailed for drugging and raping her mother, Gisèle Pelicot.Caroline Darian, 46, believes she was sedated and sexually assaulted or raped by her father over a period of potentially 10 years between 2010 and 2020, when she was in her 30s. She said she had filed a legal complaint for sexual abuse with the prosecutor “as a message to all victims” that “you must never give up”. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Dominique Pelicot’s daughter files legal complaint of sexual abuse by father

Caroline Darian says she believes she was drugged and sexually assaulted or raped by her father between 2010 and 2020The daughter of the convicted French rapist Dominique Pelicot has filed a legal complaint accusing him of drugging and sexually abusing her, months after he was jailed for drugging and raping her mother, Gisèle Pelicot.Caroline Darian, 46, has said she believes she was sedated and sexually assaulted or raped by her father over a period of potentially 10 years between 2010 and 2020, when she was in her 30s. She said she had filed a legal complaint for sexual abuse with the prosecutor “as a message to all victims” that “you must never give up”. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Gisele Pelicot's daughter files sex abuse charges against her father accusing Monster of Avignon of drugging and raping her like he did her mother

Caroline Darian said she took legal action as a "message to all victims" of sexual abuse who were drugged not to give up.

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7 d. ago Gisele Pelicot and daughter's heartbreaking feud as rapist dad haunts them from prison

Caroline Darian, the daughter of brave Gisèle Pelicot, who put her husband behind bars for raping her while inviting dozens of men to do the same, felt 'abandoned' by her mother

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7 d. ago Daughter of rape survivor Gisele Pelicot hits out at her mother for 'not wanting to believe or hear' that she too was attacked by Monster of Avignon

The daughter of rape survivor Gisele Pelicot has hit out at her mother for not wanting to 'believe or hear' her allegations that her father also raped her. 

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7 d. ago Gisèle Pelicot’s daughter accuses her mother of ‘not wanting to hear’ she was a victim of her father too

Caroline Darian has written a new book So That We May Remember about the Dominique Pelicot rape scandal

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8 d. ago Gisèle Pelicot's daughter takes aim at rape survivor mum in blistering attack

Caroline Darian said her mother "does not want to believe or hear" her allegations she too was attacked by the monster.

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8 d. ago Daughter of rape survivor Gisèle Pelicot takes aim at her mum in blistering attack

Gisèle Pelicot won global praise for her dignity as her husband Dominique Pelicot was tried and convicted of raping her while inviting dozens of men to do the same

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2 w. ago Gisèle Pelicot ‘inspired’ victims in France’s largest child abuse trial to testify publically

Ms Pelicot’s lawyer Stéphane Babonneau said his client’s bravery had encouraged alleged victims in the trial of surgeon Joel Le Scouarnec, accused of abusing hundreds of patients

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