Ils « ont essayé de me coucher, de me violer » : Les révélations de Simone Gbagbo sur son arrestation en 2011
While in Paris to meet with activists from her party, the Movement of Capable Generations (MGC), Simone Gbagbo gave an interview to France 24. During this interview conducted by Marc Perelman, the former First Lady of Ivory Coast revisited her arrest in 2011, in the midst of the post-electoral crisis.
"It was something very serious."
She recounted the attempted rape of which she was a victim.
"What happened in 2011 at the time of my arrest was something very serious. I was attacked. Some even tried to force me to lie down, to rape me and everything," said the Ivorian politician, specifically accusing the French army of doing nothing to protect her.
“The observation I made at the time, and I spoke about it, was that the French army was there. The French were there with cameras, filming. They didn’t lift a finger to help anyone,” Simone Gbagbo recalled.
Today, she says she no longer harbors any resentment towards France for what its soldiers did.
"I wrote about it in my book when I was in prison in Odienné. I was led to forgive President Alassane Ouattara, so why should I forgive him and not France?" the politician said.
It's worth remembering that Simone and Laurent Gbagbo divorced in 2023, but they never stopped being involved in politics. Simone Gbagbo participated in the October 2025 presidential election in Ivory Coast. Laurent Gbagbo is the president of the Party of African Peoples – Ivory Coast.
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Ensuite comment peut elle reprocher à la France de ne pas l’voir aidée alors qu’elle son temps à nourrir le sentiment anti français
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