Vice World News: Woman Who Killed Stepfather-Turned-Husband Who Abused Her For 25 Years Walks Free
Stock photo Philipp Wuthrich
June 25, 2021
PARIS – A French courthouse erupted in applause late Friday, after it was announced that Valérie Bacot – who admitted to killing her stepfather-turned-husband who raped her at the age of 12, fathered her four children, and forced her into prostitution – was free to go home and be with her family.
Visibly exhausted and weakened, propped up on either side of her two lawyers, Bacot emerged from the courtroom to a phalanx of TV cameras and thanked the court in a small, quiet voice before saying slowly: “Now, there’s a new fight. A fight for all the other women and against all abuse.”
