'I'm a rapist': Dominic Pelico admits to assaulting his wife

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Dominic Pelicoa man nicknamed “The Avignon Monsterand is accused of drugging his wife on at least one occasion. decade after dozens of people raped her in her own home, admitted the facts on Tuesday and said she was “rapistas well as everyone present in the hall,” who are also being tried in the same case.

After be absent repeatedly legal proceedings against him on the grounds healthThe main defendant, 71, finally gave evidence today at a court in Vaucluse, south-eastern France. His lawyer, Beatrice Zavarro, said her client had been suffering from urinary problems for more than a week, a condition that had previously prevented him from giving evidence.

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Although Judge Roger Arata confirmed that Pelicot suffering from a kidney stone and a urinary tract infection, the trial resumed after doctors deemed him “fit to appear in court.”

Thus, Peliko expressed regret and said: “don’t blame“absolutely never” to his wife. “I was very happy with her, she was the complete opposite of my mother,” he said, crying. “I never touched my children and grandchildren. I am a rapistJust like everyone else in this room. They knew everything, there’s no other way to say it. She didn’t deserve this“I admit it,” he said, according to statements compiled by French broadcaster BFM TV.

On Monday, when Pelicott refused to leave his cell, the judge ordered two doctors to certify his health. His lawyer later said he could appear in court as early as Tuesday if “the hearing is not too long” and “breaks” are provided.

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So he asked for forgiveness, despite the fact that “knowing that it was unpardonable“. “I am guilty of what I did. (…) I regret it and I ask for forgiveness,” he said, while Giselle He said it was “very difficult” to listen to his statements. “I lived 50 years with a man who never imagined he could do something like this. I trusted him completely,” he lamented.

When asked about video that he recorded his wife being raped by men he invited home, Pelico noted that while “part of it was pleasure,” it was also a “perversion” that, however, now serves “identify to all those who participatedand that now he is accused of the fact that “ability to handle“.

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Source: Aristegui Noticias

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