Horrifying text messages shed light on Pelicot case as revealed in CNN exclusive

 It was on a so-called dating website that Dominique Pelicot was able to chat freely with others about sexual violence and instigate rapes of his then-wife, Gisele Pelicot.

Dominique Pelicot chatted regularly in a forum called “without her knowledge” on Coco.fr, a website hosting several unmoderated chatrooms glorifying sexual violence.

It was here, over a nearly 10-year period, that he enlisted dozens of men to rape his wife at their home in the sleepy southern French village of Mazan, according to messages obtained by police.

These messages have served as key evidence in the trial of Dominique Pelicot and 50 co-defendants.

CNN gained exclusive access to those police reports containing thousands of the messages exchanged by Pelicot with these men in chatrooms, on Skype and over text.