"Gisèle Pelicot
settles claim for invasion of privacy against French magazine.
'Paris Match'
agrees to pay €40,000 to two charities
after publishing photos of Pelicot.
The weekly magazine
had published seven pictures of Gisele Pelicot accompanied by a man described as her companion
walking in the streets in her new home town.
At the time,
her lawyers said it was 'shocking' and 'disappointing'
that Paris Match would secretly take pictures of Gisele Pelicot,
who had been secretly filmed by her ex-husband during more than 200 rapes from 2011 to 2020.
One of the lawyers,
Antoine Camus, accused 'Paris Match' of
'having learned nothing'
from the
four-month rape trial last year."
Paris Match agrees to pay €40,000 to two charities after publishing photos of Pelicot
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"Gisele Pelicot's lawyer
Emilie Sudre said that
'an amicable settlement' had been reached between Gisele Pelicot and the weekly magazine
Paris Match.
Sudre said Gisele Pelicot had not requested any personal compensation in the settlement.
Her client instead agreed that the magazine should
'pay €40,000 to two associations supporting
victims of violence,
including within families',
especially women and children.
The two organisations fund a women's shelter and a centre which helps survivors recover
– the latter based in the town of Mazan where much of the abuse Gisele Pelicot suffered took place.
Christophe Bigot, a lawyer for
Paris Match,
said the magazine was
'delighted with the solution,
which would help victims of violence'."
Gisèle Pelicot, who survived nearly a decade of rapes by dozens of men, facilitated by her husband, has reached a settlement with Paris Match magazine, which she accused of taking photos of her without…
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