Gisèle Pelicot statement: 'I never regretted decision to make trial public'

Speaking outside court, Gisèle Pelicot says she never regretted her decision to make her rape trial public.

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She added that she never regretted waiving her right to anonymity and "opening the doors" to the trial so that society could see what happened.

Read Gisèle Pelicot's statement in full.

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