Gisèle Pelicot’s lawyer speaks to Victoria Derbyshire

In his first UK broadcast interview, Gisèle Pelicot’s lawyer Stéphane Babonneau tells #Newsnight of the extraordinary courage of Madame Pelicot.

The mass rape trial which the 72-year-old is at the centre of is coming to an end. Mrs Pelicot was drugged by her former husband and was allegedly raped over the course of nine years by at least 50 men - strangers he’d recruited online.

Victoria Derbyshire speaks to lawyer Stéphane Babonneau with his client’s blessing.

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