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France to probe ‘failures’ in rapist Dominique Pelicot case

France’s justice minister, Gérald Darmanin, ordered an internal probe on Wednesday into judicial 'failures' linked to rapist Dominique Pelicot.
The investigation was launched due to concerns that authorities failed to advance two related rape cases in 2010, even though DNA evidence linking them to Dominique Pelicot was available.
In December, 72-year-old Dominique Pelicot was found guilty of orchestrating the drugging and repeated sexual assault of his wife Gisele by numerous men between 2011 and 2020.
Dominique Pelicot received a 20-year prison sentence and acknowledged his role in an attempted rape incident from 1999, but he has rejected any connection to a separate 1991 rape and homicide case; additionally, his daughter has brought forward allegations accusing him of drugging and abusing her.
The probe aims to clarify how earlier investigative opportunities were missed and is expected to report results by the end of July 2025.

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Marianne

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Paul Bensussan, psychiatrist: "Dominique Pelicot may have felt all-powerful, even invulnerable"

Psychiatrist Paul Bensussan, an expert approved by the Court of Cassation and the International Criminal Court of The Hague, is often designated in the most sensitive cases of sexual crimes. He has thus expertized Dominique Pelicot in the Mazan proceedings and continues his mission in the investigation of the two "cold cases" for which the retired person is being charged.

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Le Point.fr

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Cold cases by Dominique Pelicot: the "fearing" failures of justice

INTERVIEW. Journalist Laurent Valdiguié plunges into the "cold cases" attributed to Dominique Pelicot, conductor of Mazan's rape orchestra, and shows how justice has passed by.

3 days ago·Paris, France

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Dawn

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France to probe ‘failures’ in rapist Dominique Pelicot case

Pelicot has admitted to the 1999 attempted rape, but denied involvement in the 1991 rape and murder case.

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France to probe 'failures' in rapist Dominique Pelicot case

France's justice minister has ordered a probe into why investigators did not follow up two rape cases despite finding links to Dominique Pelicot, convicted in December for organising the rape of his then-wife Gisèle by dozens of strangers.

4 days ago·France

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Dominique Pelicot should have been arrested long before Mazan's case, according to this book

In "Fetiche45: Dominique Pelicot's Other Lives", journalist Laurent Valdiguié accuses the justice of dysfunctions. Gérald Darmanin asked for an investigation.

4 days ago·Paris, France

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Le Monde

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Pelicot case: Gérald Darmanin orders a judicial inspection on "the reality or not of alleged malfunctions" prior to the trial

The Minister of Justice asks, in a mission letter, why investigations were not launched in 2010 after Dominique Pelicot's DNA was identified in a rape attempt case.

4 days ago·Paris, France

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