Overview
- On ARD’s “Maischberger,” Pelicot said, “Today I allow myself to be happy; I have a right to it,” urging victims not to lose self-confidence.
- She described the trial as “a process against cowardice and denial,” adding that “for these men, rape was not a crime.”
- Her memoir, published in Germany by Piper Verlag as “Eine Hymne auf das Leben,” is being promoted with public events including a Munich signing.
- BILD organized a Munich meeting between Pelicot and survivors from its “Gegen Gewalt an Frauen” initiative, including Romy Stangl and Iris Brand.
- Court findings state she was drugged and abused for nearly a decade; in 2024 her ex-husband was sentenced to 20 years and about 50 men received 3–15 years.