Gisèle Pelicot removes all trace of husband in France mass rape trial

Gisèle Pelicot , 58 , was sleeping too much in 2011 when her husband began abusing her.

He recruited men of all ages to come and abuse his wife on a chatroom called "without her knowledge" He would then dress her in lingerie she refused to wear, or put her through sexual practices she would have never accepted while conscious.

He would film the scenes, which she would not have allowed while awake.

Dominique Pelicot was accused of drugging his wife Gisèle in September 2020 .

Police confiscated his two phones and his laptop, where they found 20,000 videos and photos of his wife being raped by him and others.

He admitted to his crimes and was formally arrested and formally arrested in September 2019 .

He has denied abusing her and cleared her of any wrongdoing.

Dominique Pelicot drugged his wife for a decade and invited strangers to rape her.

Gisèle waived her anonymity and opened the trial to the public and the media.

Her legal team successfully pushed for the videos taken to be shown in court, arguing they would "undo the thesis of accidental rape".