Paris Match agrees to pay €40,000 to two charities after publishing photos of Pelicot
Gisèle Pelicot, who survived almost a decade of rape involving dozens of men after she was drugged by her ex-husband, has settled an invasion of privacy case with the French magazine Paris Match.
Pelicot, who became a feminist hero after she decided to waive her right to anonymity in the trial of her former husband and 50 other men last year, took legal action against the publication in April.
The weekly magazine had published seven pictures of 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 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.
Before a court hearing scheduled for Wednesday, lawyers for Pelicot and Paris Match confirmed an agreement had been reached to settle the privacy case. At Pelicot’s request, the magazine agreed to pay €40,000 to two charities that support victims of violence.
