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Gisèle Pelicot speaks after ex-husband found guilty of rapes, sentenced to 20 years in France

Dominique Pelicot has been sentenced to 20 years for drugging ex-wife, Gisèle, raping her and inviting dozens of men to also abuse her
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Gisèle Pelicot, a symbol of feminist courage, described her experience as "very difficult" after 51 men were found guilty of drugging and raping her, and expressed solidarity with other survivors of sexual violence

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“We share the same fight,” she said in her first words after the court in the southern French city of Avignon handed down prison sentences ranging from three to 20 years.

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She said that she had her grandchildren in mind as she endured the more than three months of hearings, saying: “It's also for them that I led this fight.”

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