Gisèle Pelicot spent years trying to understand memory loss and physical symptoms, fearing at one point that she was developing a serious neurological condition.
The horrifying truth only became clear when she was shown photos by French police officers, she told Prime Time.
Ms Pelicot, now considered by many to be a feminist icon, had been drugged by her then-husband over many years and raped by multiple men while unconscious. Her then-husband took videos and photographs of the attacks.
“I didn’t realise straight away that was me on those photographs, because I didn’t recognise myself” she said. “Later, my brain kind of disassociated. I wasn’t able to…