Beatrice Zavarro, lawyer of defendant Dominique Pelicot, leaves after a hearing in the trial of Dominique Pelicot accused of drugging his former wife Gisele for nearly ten years and inviting strangers to rape her at their home in Mazan, a small town in the south of France, at Avignon's courthouse, on November 27, 2024. The prosecution concluded its case against the 51 defendants in France's resounding serial rape trial on November 27, 2024, by explaining that “ordinary rape doesn't exist”, believing that the verdict handed down by the court at the end of December will carry “a message of hope to the victims of sexual violence”. (Photo by Christophe SIMON / AFP)