Skip to content
ThreadOut
Kelly@broadwaybabyto · Oct 6, 2025

Gisele Pelicot was drugged by her husband for a decade. He would solicit men to come and rape her unconscious body He…

5 tweets1 min read♥ 8.3Koriginal

Summary

Gisele Pelicot's rapist is appealing his conviction and rejecting the label of rapist, claiming it's a burden for him to carry. The thread criticizes his refusal to take responsibility while Pelicot, who was drugged and assaulted by multiple men over a decade at her husband's instigation, continues to suffer the consequences.

Summarized by ThreadOut AI from the full thread. May miss nuance — read the thread below.

  1. #1

    Gisele Pelicot was drugged by her husband for a decade. He would solicit men to come and rape her unconscious body He recorded it She’s reliving it because one of the men is appealing He says: “I don't accept being labelled a rapist. It's too heavy a burden for me to carry” 🧵

  2. #2

    It’s too heavy a burden for him? She has to live with knowing all those men harmed her and no one tried to stop it. Even the men who declined her husband’s invitation didn’t contact the police or try & get her help. She lost a decade of her life. She’ll never be the same

  3. #3

    This level of entitlement from predators and abusers will never stop enraging me. You raped someone? You’re a rapist. L I really don’t care that you don’t like the label. Take responsibility for your actions. Serve your sentence. Don’t drag an innocent woman through hell again

  4. #4

    If you’re not familiar with Gisèle Pelicot, I wrote about her when the verdicts came down. She was gaslit for years. Told she was just getting older, even convinced she had dementia. The reality? Her husband was drugging her so men could rape her: disabledginger.com/p/gisele-pelic…

  5. #5

    According to French law the jury can reject his appeal and ADD time to his sentence. I firmly believe this would be the best possible outcome to show other men that we won’t tolerate them being unwilling to take responsibility.