The Abuse Folder: Nine Years of Documented Horror

The Abuse Folder: Nine Years of Documented Horror: The Case of Gisèle Pelicot A supermarket, a phone, 20,000 files. On September 12, 2020, Dominic Pelicot was arrested for voyeurism in Mazán. What forensic experts found on his device revealed an industrial system of rape: a folder labeled "Abuse" that meticulously documented how for nine years he had drugged his wife every night so that more than 80 men could assault her while she slept. How can someone live 50 years alongside a monstrosity without seeing it? In this episode, we explore the signs that no one wanted to recognize: the hair loss, the HPV diagnosis, the memory gaps that doctors misinterpreted while Dominic accused Gisèle of infidelity. We unravel the detailed protocol of instructions to the participants, the deliberate transfer of the modus operandi to Jean-Pierre Marischal, and how one victim turned horror into the largest awareness campaign about consent in contemporary France. Central: why did a prior arrest in 2011 never escalate to an investigation? Victim: Gisèle Pelicot Date: September 12, 2020 (arrest); September 2, 2024 (trial opening) Location: Mazán, Provence, France Status: Convicted. Dominic Pelicot: 20 years in prison. 50 additional defendants: 3-15 years. - More than 285 sexual assaults documented on video by over 80 perpetrators recruited via the Coco website over nine years. - Dominic transmitted the method to Jean-Pierre Marischal, who replicated it with his own wife for five years without intervention. - HPV diagnosis unexplained in Gisèle while doctors failed to link symptoms to deliberate chronic sedation. - Photographs of daughter Carolina sleeping expanded the scope of potential victims to the immediate family core. Gisèle Pelicot, Mazán France, collective rape 2020, Dominic Pelicot, sexual murder, criminal minds, forensic investigation, consent, justice, criminal cartel, sexual depravity, true crime SpanishTo listen ad-free and access premium episodes, start your 14-day free trial at obomedia.comOBOMEDIA presents true crime storiesa true crime podcast built on real cases.Every true crime story in our crime files follows the crime investigation from the missing person report to the trial: investigators and police building a murder case, a police investigation gone cold, justice for the victim and those who survived.We open the unsolved murder, the cold case reopened decades later, the mysterious death, the disappearance, the serial killer, the family murder, the murder mystery; the missing persons  a missing woman, a missing girl, a missing man found dead and the missing and murdered.From the infamous case to the unsolved case, from classic true crime to dark true crime and disturbing true crime: true crime reports, real crime stories, real murder cases, true murder stories and unsolved mysteries one true crime case at a time, from the OBOMEDIA true crime vault.© 2026 Created with OBOMEDIA technology. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text and related materials) are the property of their respective creator and are distributed under the OBOMEDIA name on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing and business inquirie