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TOPSHOT - This photograph shows a mural created by Maca_dessine depicting Gisele Pelicot and a sentence reading "So that shame changes sides" in Gentilly, south of Paris on September 21, 2024 as her former partner Dominique Pelicot is accused of drugging her for nearly ten years and inviting strangers to rape her at their home in Mazan. A court in the southern town of Avignon is trying Dominique Pelicot, a 71-year-old retiree, for repeatedly raping and enlisting dozens of strangers to rape his heavily sedated wife in her own bed over a decade. Fifty other men, aged between 26 and 74, are also on trial for alleged involvement, in a case that has horrified France. The court proceedings, which runs until December, are open to the public at the request of Dominique Pelicot's ex-wife and victim. (Photo by GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY MENTION OF THE ARTIST UPON PUBLICATION - TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION (Photo by GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT/AFP via Getty Images)