'We share the same fight', Gisèle Pelicot says after ex-husband found guilty in rape trial

"I also think of my grandchildren because they are the future and it is also for them that I have led this fight"

Gisèle Pelicot has said she thought of her grandchildren during the drugging-and-rape trial that turned her into a feminist hero.

She said after 51 men, including her ex-husband, were all found guilty on Thursday of rape or sexual offences, that the ordeal was “very difficult” and she expressed support for other victims of sexual violence.

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