Blissfully happy with her soulmate… unaware he had been drugging her for perverts to rape for years: Gisele Pelicot smiles for a selfie alongside her perverted husband in newly discovered image
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An image of Gisele Pelicot smiling alongside her husband Dominique has emerged as the so-called Monster of Avignon and his band of rapist accomplices were convicted of their crimes on Thursday. In the selfie snapped by her cruel and abusive spouse, Gisele is seen beaming at the camera held by her then-husband at a sun-soaked marina.
![[Gisele Pelicot arrives in front of the courthouse before a verdict in the Pelicot case is delivered on December 19, 2024 in Avignon, France]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/19/17/93307843-14210675-Gisele_Pelicot_arrives_in_front_of_the_courthouse_before_a_verdi-a-32_1734628707824.jpg)
Her visible joy belies the heinous treatment to which she being subjected by Mr Pelicot, 72, who was routinely spiking her food with powerful tranquillisers before offering her lifeless body up to strangers to rape. Mr Pelicot orchestrated this campaign of abuse for almost a decade, over which more than 70 men are believed to have visited their family home to abuse Gisele as she lay unconscious.
![[Dominique Pelicot is pictured arriving at the courthouse this morning to face the verdict]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/19/17/93309607-14210675-Dominique_Pelicot_is_pictured_arriving_at_the_courthouse_this_mo-a-33_1734628709820.jpg)
The sordid saga saw Gisele suffer all manner of health problems, including several sexually transmitted diseases and considerable psychological distress toward the end of her husband's insidious campaign. Her ordeal was only brought to an end when Pelicot was arrested by police for attempts to take 'upskirt' photos of women in a shopping centre. The subsequent investigation uncovered his dark treasure trove of some 20,000 images and videos of Gisele being abused.
![[Gisele Pelicot leaves the courthouse after hearing the verdict of the court that sentenced her ex-husband to the maximum term of 20 years jail]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/19/17/93322099-14210675-Gisele_Pelicot_leaves_the_courthouse_after_hearing_the_verdict_o-a-31_1734627778392.jpg)
Today, 51 men identified in those videos by police were found guilty of rape, attempted rape or sexual assault. Pelicot himself was slapped with a 20-year sentence and was told by his daughter Caroline that he would 'die like a dog in prison'. The sentencing concluded what has become France's worst-ever case of sexual abuse and one which has garnered international outrage.
![[One of the sex attackers was met by a furious crowd when he was trying to leave the court after the verdicts were handed down]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/19/17/93318893-14210675-One_of_the_sex_attackers_was_met_by_a_furious_crowd_when_he_was_-a-29_1734627766194.jpg)
