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Victoria Derbyshire on the Gis猫le Pelicot Interview

Victoria Derbyshire speaks about her exclusive UK interview with Gis猫le Pelicot.

Today, Laura and Paddy speak to Victoria Derbyshire about her exclusive UK interview with Gis猫le Pelicot, the woman at the centre of France's largest rape trial.

She told Victoria she was "crushed by horror" on discovering that, for years, her husband had repeatedly drugged her unconscious and invited dozens of men to rape her.

Victoria spoke to her about how she waived her legal right to anonymity, opening up the trial to the public and the media in order for 鈥渢he shame to shift to the other side鈥.

The full interview is on iPlayer now and on 麻豆社2 at 10pm on Sunday. It鈥檚 called Gis猫le Pelicot: The Newsnight Interview.

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