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Gisèle Pelicot Gives First TV Interview as Memoir Excerpts Draw Global Attention Ahead of Feb. 17 Release

Her first interviews preview a memoir focused on public accountability alongside personal reconstruction.

FILE - Gisele Pelicot leaves the courthouse for a break during the appeals trial in the case of a man challenging his conviction, less than a year after the landmark verdict in a drugging and rape trial that shook France, on Oct. 9, 2025 in Nimes, southern France. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)
Gisele Pelicot, à Paris, 30 janvier 2026.
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Gisèle Pélicot à la cour d’appel de Nîmes (Gard), le 9 octobre 2025.

Overview

  • Pelicot appeared on France 5’s La Grande Librairie in her first television interview, describing herself as “a standing woman” and offering a message of hope to survivors.
  • Le Monde published early excerpts from Et la joie de vivre that recount her shock at the police station, including not recognizing herself in photos and describing a dissociative response.
  • The book, co-written with journalist Judith Perrignon, will be published by Flammarion on February 17 in a worldwide edition across 22 languages.
  • She told AFP she intends to visit her ex-husband Dominique Pelicot in prison as part of her reconstruction, with no date set and not expected before the end of the year.
  • Her story follows the 2024 public trial in Avignon where her husband and 51 men were convicted for organized rapes, including a 20-year sentence for Dominique Pelicot.