Catherine Porter

that even though in the videos they seemed totally normal and weren't sleeping, were very active, that they have no memory of what happened in there, and they believe that somehow he had slipped something into a glass of water and had drugged them.

that even though in the videos they seemed totally normal and weren't sleeping, were very active, that they have no memory of what happened in there, and they believe that somehow he had slipped something into a glass of water and had drugged them.

He has pled guilty. He has said that he was traumatized as a child and that he had these impulses that just got stronger and stronger and he couldn't help himself and that his wife did not deserve this and that he loved her despite all the evidence to the contrary.

He has pled guilty. He has said that he was traumatized as a child and that he had these impulses that just got stronger and stronger and he couldn't help himself and that his wife did not deserve this and that he loved her despite all the evidence to the contrary.

Right. He's in fact saying that these men who say they were tricked or they didn't understand that she was drugged, that they're all lying. That he says, clearly, I am a rapist and all of these men in the room are rapists just like me.

Right. He's in fact saying that these men who say they were tricked or they didn't understand that she was drugged, that they're all lying. That he says, clearly, I am a rapist and all of these men in the room are rapists just like me.

Well, let me tell you what I've experienced going to the courtroom. You know, the first few days, there were just a few reporters. And then by, I would say, the second week, there were not just many more reporters. There were crowds and crowds of mostly women coming to get a seat in this courthouse to watch her. Wow.

Well, let me tell you what I've experienced going to the courtroom. You know, the first few days, there were just a few reporters. And then by, I would say, the second week, there were not just many more reporters. There were crowds and crowds of mostly women coming to get a seat in this courthouse to watch her. Wow.

I'm standing outside the courtroom, and people are leaving, and there's a walkway that has formed of spectators, mostly women, outside the... Oh, and they are applauding Madame Palico while she walks out. You can hear them applauding, saying bravo. And when she would leave the courtroom at the end of every day, they started to form an honor line and line her route to applaud her and cheer her.

I'm standing outside the courtroom, and people are leaving, and there's a walkway that has formed of spectators, mostly women, outside the... Oh, and they are applauding Madame Palico while she walks out. You can hear them applauding, saying bravo. And when she would leave the courtroom at the end of every day, they started to form an honor line and line her route to applaud her and cheer her.

And that crowd has not subsided. You know, I met a bunch of feminists that are part of a small feminist organization in Avignon, in the courthouse. They've been going regularly to watch the trial. And at night, they have been taking what they've heard inside the courtroom and pasting it on the walls of Avignon.

And that crowd has not subsided. You know, I met a bunch of feminists that are part of a small feminist organization in Avignon, in the courthouse. They've been going regularly to watch the trial. And at night, they have been taking what they've heard inside the courtroom and pasting it on the walls of Avignon.

in a way to kind of shock the city, I think, and shock the country to listen to what these men were saying in the rooms. So some of them that I passed on the streets on the way to the courthouse were like, it was an involuntary rape or it was an accidental rape. Wow. Or one that really stopped me was I raped her with my body, but not with my mind.

in a way to kind of shock the city, I think, and shock the country to listen to what these men were saying in the rooms. So some of them that I passed on the streets on the way to the courthouse were like, it was an involuntary rape or it was an accidental rape. Wow. Or one that really stopped me was I raped her with my body, but not with my mind.

Yeah, the response has been enormous.

Yeah, the response has been enormous.

Men are talking about toxic masculinity and needing to change it. Women have been talking about consent and teaching consent in the classrooms because that's something that has not been happening in France. Now, she's really launched this very large, profound conversation, and you can feel it reverberating out across the country.

Men are talking about toxic masculinity and needing to change it. Women have been talking about consent and teaching consent in the classrooms because that's something that has not been happening in France. Now, she's really launched this very large, profound conversation, and you can feel it reverberating out across the country.

Right. I mean, it's amazing to watch her in those videos because she's so objectified. I mean, she is not a human being. She is a sex doll, basically. And she has taken something that she's so objectified and become, you know, a fully formed, very powerful person.

Right. I mean, it's amazing to watch her in those videos because she's so objectified. I mean, she is not a human being. She is a sex doll, basically. And she has taken something that she's so objectified and become, you know, a fully formed, very powerful person.