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Gisele Pelicot speaks to the press as she leaves the courtroom, in the Avignon courthouse, southern France, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)
Gisèle Pelicot thanks backers after her ex-husband and his co-defendants are convicted in rape trial
Gisèle Pelicot said after 51 men were convicted in the drugging-and-rape trial that riveted France and turned her into an icon that the ordeal was “very difficult” and expressed support for other victims of sexual violence.
 
FILE - Gisele Pelicot speaks to media as she leaves the Avignon court house, southern France, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly, File)
French mass rape trial prosecutors demand maximum sentence for Gisèle Pelicot’s ex-husband
A high-profile rape trial in France is moving into a new phase with prosecutors setting out the verdicts and punishments they want for 51 men men accused of raping Gisèle Pelicot, 71, while she was drugged and rendered unconscious by her husband of nearly 50 years.
 
Naomi Campbell cries after being awarded with the medal of "Chevalier de l'Ordres des Arts et des Lettres", at the Culture ministry, in Paris, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)
Naomi Campbell barred from being charity trustee in England and Wales
British supermodel Naomi Campbell has been barred from being a charity trustee in England and Wales for five years after the poverty charity she founded nearly two decades ago was deemed to have been “poorly governed” with “inadequate financial management.”
 
Mathieu Kassovitz poses after an interview with Associated Press, in Tremblay-en-France, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
French cult film ‘La Haine’ returns as hip-hop musical with tensions persisting in poor suburbs
The critically acclaimed French film “La Haine” is being adapted into a musical show nearly three decades after becoming a classic. It’s still about life in the impoverished French housing projects. The title remains the same.
 
This courtroom sketch by Valentin Pasquier shows Gisèle Pelicot, left, and her ex-husband Dominique Pelicot, right, during his trial, at the Avignon court house, in Avignon, southern France, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Valentin Pasquier)
Lawyers question whether a drugged French woman was truly unconscious during alleged rapes
Lawyers for some of the men accused of raping an unconscious French woman who had been drugged by her husband have asked her about her habits, personality and sex life, and even questioned whether she was truly unconscious during the encounters.