France’s feminist icon Gisele Pelicot to sue Paris Match magazine for privacy invasion
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Paris Match magazine published seven pictures of Ms Gisele Pelicot accompanied by a man described as her companion walking in the streets in her new home town.
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MARSEILLE, France – Ms Gisele Pelicot, a French feminist icon who survived nearly a decade of rapes by dozens of men, will sue Paris Match magazine for invasion of privacy, her lawyers said on April 17.
In its latest edition, Paris Match published seven pictures of Ms Pelicot accompanied by a man described as her companion, walking in the streets in her new home town.
Ms Pelicot garnered international acclaim
“It’s not us who should feel shame, but them,” she said of the perpetrators.
Dominique Pelicot, her now former husband, drugged her for nearly a decade so he and dozens of strangers he recruited online
A French court in December sentenced him to 20 years in prison.
“Every time the intimacy of our client’s personal life is violated, we will react and seek a court decision,” lawyer Antoine Camus told AFP on April 17.
Mr Camus said it was “shocking” and “disappointing” that Paris Match would secretly take pictures of Ms Pelicot, “whose ordeal was the subject of 3,000 pictures and videos”.
He accused the magazine of “having learnt nothing from the four-month trial”.
Contacted by AFP, Paris Match had no comment.
Ms Pelicot was included in Time magazine’s list – published on April 16 – of the world’s most influential people in 2025. AFP
