Watch: 'I am a survivor' Gisèle Pelicot tells BBC Newsnight in an in-depth interview

BBC News - WorldFiled 2026-02-14 · 06:00 GMTLean · CenterRead · 1 min

Reading time

1_min

Word count

127_words

Sources cited

2_cited

Entities identified

6_entities

Quality score

100_%

§ 01

Briefing Summary

AI-generated

NEWSAR · AI

Gisèle Pelicot, survivor of a decade-long ordeal, gave an in-depth interview to BBC Newsnight's Victoria Derbyshire, discussing the largest rape trial in French history. Pelicot was drugged and raped by numerous men recruited by her husband, Dominique Pelicot, via online chat rooms. Before the trial, she bravely waived her anonymity to publicly identify herself. In the interview, Pelicot expressed disbelief that her husband could commit such acts and shared her journey of rebuilding her life. She revealed feeling "crushed by horror" but not anger and was "overwhelmed" by a letter of support from the Queen.

Confidence 0.85Sources 2Claims 5Entities 6

§ 02

Article analysis

Model · rule-based

Framing

Human Interest

Legal & Judicial

Tone

Mixed Tone

AI-assessed

CalmNeutralAlarmist

Factuality

0.80 / 1.00

Factual

LowHigh

Sources cited

Limited

FewMany

§ 03

Key claims

5 extracted

I felt crushed by horror - but I don't feel anger

quoteGisèle Pelicot

Confidence

1.00

Gisèle Pelicot waived her legal right to anonymity before the trial began.

factualBBC Newsnight

Confidence

1.00

For almost a decade, she had been drugged unconscious by her husband and raped by dozens of men.

factualBBC Newsnight

Confidence

1.00

Gisèle Pelicot was at the centre of the largest rape trial in French history.

factualBBC Newsnight

Confidence

1.00

Queen's letter of support left Pelicot 'overwhelmed'

factualBBC Newsnight

Confidence

0.90

§ 04

Full report

1 min read · 127 words

Gisèle Pelicot has told BBC-newsnight" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="25023" data-entity-type="organization">BBC Newsnight's Victoria Derbyshire that her strength comes from her "DNA". Ms Pelicot was at the centre of the largest rape trial in French history. For almost a decade, she had been drugged unconscious by her husband Dominique Pelicot and raped by dozens of men he had recruited on internet chat rooms.She made the remarkable decision to let the world know who she was, waiving her legal right to anonymity, before the trial began.In this interview, she reveals she found it "inconceivable" that the man she shared her life with "could have committed these horrors" and how she is now rebuilding her life.Gisèle Pelicot tells BBC: I felt crushed by horror - but I don't feel angerQueen's letter of support left Pelicot 'overwhelmed'

§ 05