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Podcast: The Big Story
Episode: Why a rape trial in France has transfixed the world
Description: The crime is horrific. The details are as bad as you can imagine. The woman at the centre of it, though? Exhibiting incredible bravery, under the worst possible circumstances. The rape trial of Gisele Pelicot's husband, and 50 other men, has transfixed the world. Not simply because of the crime itself, but because of the way Gisele has wrestled the narrative away from the ones the world all too often hears in the coverage and discussion of sex assault.Today we'll take you inside that courtroom, with a reporter who has been covering the trial, to explain exactly...