Pelicot’s landmark case led to reforms in France’s rape laws after she bravely testified about enduring a decade of sexual abuse.
Gisele Pelicot, the French woman whose courage in publicly testifying about the decade-long sexual abuse she endured made her a symbol of women’s rights in France, has received the country’s highest civilian honor.
Pelicot was named a knight of the Legion of Honor in a list published Sunday, ahead of France’s Bastille Day celebrations.
She joins 588 others on this year’s list.
Gerard Depardieu has been found guilty of a crime recently, and unless the appeal goes through, he will then automatically be stripped of his Legion d’Honneur
Posthumous exclusion of the Legion is straight up not a thing, so there is no point in talking about Abbé Pierre