US EditionGisele Pelicot Awarded France's Top Honour
FRANCE, JUL 13 – Geese Pelicot receives the Cavaler title of the Legion of Honour from President Macron for her dedicated work combating violence against women in France.
- On July 13, 2025, Gisele Pelicot and Pharrell Williams were among 589 individuals honored with the rank of chevalier in France’s Legion of Honour, the country’s highest civic distinction.
- Pelicot became renowned after publicly testifying in 2024 at a high-profile trial against her former husband, who abused her for nearly a decade.
- Her testimony exposed mass rape and drugging by her husband and over 50 men, inspiring legal reforms in France's rape laws and wide international tribute.
- French President Emmanuel Macron praised Pelicot’s courage and said her dignity "moved and inspired France and the world," while Williams is known for music and fashion.
- Pelicot is now focusing on a memoir due in 2026 to share her side of the trauma, reflecting ongoing efforts to shift social shame onto perpetrators.
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She made the years of rape by her husband and many other men public - "so that shame changes sides". Now Gisèle Pelicot is awarded the French Order of Merit of the Legion of Honour.
Gisèle Pelicot, who was drugged by her husband and raped by dozens of men invited by the one who was her life partner and abuser in her bedroom for more than a year...
Gesela Pelicot, who has become a symbol of the victims of violence after a historical process in France against her former husband, who has drugged her to be raped by strangers for ten years, will be decorated by President Emmanuel Macron and will receive the title of Cavaler. She will receive this title for her commitment to the fight against violence against women, reports News.ro.
Through the rape process in Avignon, Gisèle Pelicot became internationally known and her suffering became public. Now she receives the highest award in France.
Frenchwoman Gisèle Pelicot and American Pharrell Williams are among the 589 people who will receive France's most prestigious order - the Legion of Honor. This is reported by the French news agency AFP. Gisèle...
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