Claims extracted
21
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
14%
3 of 21 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
The Guardian's corrections and
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Outlets on this story
1
Health
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articles that frame the event the way this one does
Gisèle Pelicot is the figurehead of a new campaign run by her daughter to encourage people who suspect they have been drugged and sexually assaulted to come forward, even if they have little to no memory of the attack.
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they → run → attack
Caroline Darian, 47, who believes she was also drugged and assaulted by her father, Dominique Pelicot – her mother’s ex-husband – launched a prime-time public information push on Monday with short clips being broadcast across France’s television network, on social media, in the press and on posters.
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clips → believe → posters
Her 73-year-old mother became an international symbol of courage and resistance when she insisted shame must change sides during the trial of her former husband and dozens of men who raped her while she was unconscious.
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she → become → her
The video clips feature Gisèle Pelicot said that in 75% of cases of sexual abuse while drugged, the perpetrator is a relative or friend.
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perpetrator → feature → abuse
She urges those who believe they may be victims to contact the Centre of Excellence on Substance-Facilitated Assaults (CRAFS).
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they → urge → Assaults
The centre is attached to the Paris university hospital service (AP-HP) and staffed by experts who can suggest to those who believe they may have been a victim of drugging and abuse what evidence there might be and how it can be obtained.
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it → attach → drugging
Darian, founder of the association Mendorspas (Don’t Put Me to Sleep), said: “When you launch a campaign of this scale, having my mother’s backing sends a really powerful message.
“It’s also a message of hope for victims, showing that it is possible to get back on your feet.
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it → put → feet
The trial of Dominique Pelicot, 73, two years ago shocked the world.
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trial → shock → world
For almost a decade he had drugged his wife, raped her and invited strangers into their home in the village of Mazan, 30km from Avignon, to rape her while she was in a state of near coma.
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she → drug → coma
Pelicot’s horrific ordeal might have gone unremarked had she not decided to waive her anonymity and insist the case be held in public.
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case → go → public
Dominique Pelicot and 50 other men were convicted.
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Pelicot → convict → ?
The trial sparked the reporting of other cases of what UK police call drug-facilitated sexual abuse, or (DFSA).
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police → spark → what
Earlier this month, a man in his 60s pleaded guilty to drugging and raping his wife over two decades and inviting strangers to abuse her in the latest in a string of similar crimes.
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man → plead → crimes
After the publication of her book A Hymn to Life: Shame Has to Change Sides, earlier this year, Pelicot said: “Shame sticks to you, it sticks to your skin.
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it → change → skin
And that shame is a double sentence, it’s a suffering you inflict on yourself.”
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you → ’ → yourself
Darian told Le Parisien: “It’s not because someone doesn’t remember that there aren’t traces or tests possible.
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someone → tell → Parisien
Our aim is that these women can take back their own stories, so they no longer feel ashamed or afraid of not being heard by the police, not believed by the legal system and not supported by their family or those close to them.”
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they → take → them
She added: “Launching a campaign on this scale is quite unprecedented for an issue that was not recognised at all as a public health concern as recently as five years ago.
“When I started campaigning, nobody had heard of it [chemical submission] apart from a small circle of doctors.
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nobody → add → doctors
“We’re getting somewhere but the fight is far from over,” she added.
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she → get → ?
“The message we want to send is that if you have a doubt, you need to look into it.
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you → want → it
Just because you cannot remember something, doesn’t mean there are no traces of it.”
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you → remember → it
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