The anonymous, anything-goes forum at the heart of the Pelicot rape case

The anonymous, anything-goes forum at the heart of the Pelicot rape case

a month ago
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/12/coco-website-pelicot-rape-trial

Before it was shut down this year, the illicit and unmoderated chat site Coco had been implicated in killings, child sexual abuse and homophobic attacks

The trial of a 71-year-old man has gripped France and horrified the world after he admitted to repeatedly drugging his wife and, over the course of decades, soliciting dozens of men online to rape her while she was unconscious. Dominique Pelicot’s confessions as well as the public bravery of his wife Gisèle have forced a nationwide reckoning over sexual assault and the double lives people lead through the internet.