Gisèle Pelicot's ex-husband tells French court: 'I am a rapist'

Dominique Pelicot admitted to drugging his wife and recruiting dozens of strangers to rape her over nearly a decade, begging for his family's forgiveness, as he told a French court: 'I am a rapist.' Gisèle Pelicot waived her legal right to anonymity and said she wanted the trial to be held publicly to alert the public to sexual abuse.

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