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Gisèle has some sympathy for the women in the lives of her rapists—wives, partners, mothers—all of whom left the courtroom when the videos were shown.
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Gaby Wood, Vogue, 21 Feb. 2026
And in 1991, 11-year-old Jaycee Dugard was dragged into a car in a small Sierras town by a husband-and-wife pair of rapist-kidnappers, and disappeared — for 18 years.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2026
Later in the press conference, de Araújo repeated the calls of her Sundance-winning speech for more to be done to hold rapists and pedophiles accountable.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2026
It’s mentioned later that the perpetrator was a rapist.
—Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Refinery29, 12 Feb. 2026
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Gaby Wood, Vogue, 21 Feb. 2026
And in 1991, 11-year-old Jaycee Dugard was dragged into a car in a small Sierras town by a husband-and-wife pair of rapist-kidnappers, and disappeared — for 18 years.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2026
Later in the press conference, de Araújo repeated the calls of her Sundance-winning speech for more to be done to hold rapists and pedophiles accountable.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2026
It’s mentioned later that the perpetrator was a rapist.
—Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Refinery29, 12 Feb. 2026
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“Rapist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rapist. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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rapist
noun
rap·ist
ˈrā-pəst 
: an individual who commits rape
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