Gisèle Pelicot tells French mass rape trial 'it's not for us to have shame — it's for them'

Dominique Pelicot crushed sleeping tablets and anti-anxiety medication into her food and drink and invited men to rape her

Gisèle Pelicot arrives at the Avignon courthouse. File picture: CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP via Getty Images

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Gisèle Pelicot, the French woman who has become a feminist hero for insisting that the rape trial of her ex-husband and 50 other men should be held in public, has told a court in southern France she was driven by her desire to change society and expose rape culture.