A French judge has reversed a ruling in the trial of a man who is accused of drugging his wife to sleep and recruiting dozens of men to abuse her for over a decade.

Lawyers for Gisèle Pelicot, 72, had earlier appealed against the judge’s initial decision to only show video of the crimes to lawyers and the jury.

She has waived her right to anonymity in the trial, enabling the shocking details of the case to be heard in public.

Her lawyers argued the video should be seen to draw attention to the use of drugs to commit sexual abuse. They hailed the latest ruling as a “victory”

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        Them absolutely rioting over a small increase in retirement age made me feel shame as an American. I love how willing the French are to remind their government of what happens when it gets out of line. Like, “don’t make us break out the guillotines.”

        The French are not weak.

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        The men who raped her were French too, and they outnumber her at least 50 to one, so your low level troll doesn’t even work the way you think it does…

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    As long as that’s Giséle’s choice, that’s a huge win and I wish her luck with her case. Thats beyond horrifying

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      Yeah, she waived her right to anonymity, not automatically. She chose to, and it’s her lawyers arguing these videos should be seen by the world. She is willing to give up her privacy like that to show exactly what these monsters will do to defenseless people. Absolute badass.

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      I don’t think I’d watch them out of respect, that’s horrifying.

      But man, I support the hell out of her throwing this evidence at her attackers full force and women should take strength out of her example.

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        I truly hope it makes it damn near impossible for any one of these men too get a job ever again.

        Imagine if you both have a conviction of rape, and a video of you doing it on public record?

        Christ.

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    Between this and Diddy, hard to believe how far some people take it. No different than serial killers imo.