Last Updated on 10/09/2024 by Arun jain
A French J Admitted to drugging his wife for years And brought dozens of men to their home to join him in raping her and was taken to hospital on Tuesday hours before she was to testify at her trial, her lawyer said.
The condition of 71-year-old Dominique Pellicote, whose trial took place in Avignon, France Shocked the country And two courtrooms packed with reporters from around the world, was not immediately clear.
His lawyer, Beatrice Zavero, told reporters at the courthouse that Mr. Pellicote had been suffering from abdominal pain and difficulty urinating since Friday, for which he was excused from court on Monday.
On Tuesday, the presiding judge, Roger Arata, ordered Mr. Pellicott to undergo a medical examination and said the trial would be suspended until his condition improves if he is hospitalized.
Ms. Zavero insisted that Mr. Pellicott, who had asked to testify, still planned to take the stand against her. Wife and three childrenwho has been in the courtroom since the trial began last week and has not spoken to him since his arrest in late 2020.
“I heard things in the courtroom this morning that indicated that apparently his absence would be on purpose: no way,” Ms Zavero said. “Let us be very clear, Mr. Pellicott has not gone away, Mr. Pellicott will not run away, Mr. Pellicott will be there, he will answer all the questions. But this is a medical problem he had not planned for.
Testifying, she added, “was, for him, essential.”
Mr Pellicote has pleaded guilty to all charges against him. Her lawyer has said she hopes to use the trial to exonerate Gisele Pellicote. Who was his wife for 50 yearsAnd for her children.
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