Gisèle Pelicot has become a symbol of dignity, courage and defiance after waiving her anonymity and insisting her trial — in which dozens of men were accused of raping her while she was drugged unconscious by her husband — be held in public. In a rare interview, she speaks to Jane Garvey about why she no longer wants to be defined as a victim.

This episode originally aired on Off Air with Jane an Fi on 26th May 2026.

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Host: Jane Garvey

Producers: Dave Creasey, Eve Salusbury and Rosie Cutler.

Further reading: Gisèle Pelicot: Pornography is a scourge on childhood

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