Overview
- In her first extended media remarks since the verdict, Pelicot recounts to outlets including The New York Times how police in 2020 showed her images documenting assaults she could not remember due to sedation.
- Her memoir, titled “Un himno a la vida,” is slated for publication on 17 February with translations reportedly in 22 languages.
- Dominique Pelicot was convicted in October 2025 of drugging his wife and organizing group rapes, with investigators implicating more than 50 men and some reports citing at least 70.
- She insisted on a public trial and refused anonymity to make perpetrators identifiable and to, in her words, change where the shame lies.
- Her testimony has intensified discussion in France about chemical incapacitation and the prevalence of assaults committed by ostensibly ordinary men within social circles.