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recorded videos To Dominic Pelico his wife Gisellewhen, having lost consciousness from the drugs they had given him, he was raped To dozens of men those whom the husband invited to his home will be questioned in the criminal court of Avignon in the presence of the public and the press.

Chief Justice Roger Arata gave ensure recourse in the decision he made on the 20th, not to allow the public and the press into the room while these videos were being projected, and authorized their presence, as desired by Gisèle Pélicot, who wanted it with transparency in the process of everything that was done to him I wish I had switched sides“.

Arata, according to the local press, announced his turn at the end of the debate this Friday morning at the hearing on this issue and clarified that, taking into account character of imageswhich will start airing this afternoon, every time this ends there will be advertising so that those who wish could leave the room.

During this debate, Antoine Camus, Gisèle Pélicot’s lawyer turned private prosecutor, argued for the relevance public And press are present so that the defense does not present to everyone what is shown in the images.

For Camus, video serve to “sink” the theses held by some accused “from accidental rapeabout a violation due to inattention, due to negligence.” “What they show,” he emphasized, “is opportunistic rape.”

The lawyer for the private prosecution noted that in the absence of the public and the press, take a chance that “to save face” lawyers for those in the dock do when they are allowed back into the courtroom interpretation biased belonging images to say that everything is unclear there.

That’s right Nadia El Bouroumiwho is the lawyer of one of the accused in the rape of Gisele Pelicot, justified her position against the release of the video to the public and the press in the name of a “fair trial”, the exercise of the right to defense and the presumption of innocence.

El Buroumi complained that “we are in media dictatorship situationand asserted his right to ask questions without being accused of attacking a private prosecution.

“Mrs. Pelicot,” he said, “is a victim and this cannot be discussed. But were the accused capable of understanding this?”