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Court to rule in Gisele Pelicot rape appeal trial
Bangkok Post
|October 10, 2025
A French appeal court was to rule yesterday in the case of the only man among 50 who claims he is innocent after being convicted of sexually abusing Gisele Pelicot.
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The 72-year-old's former husband has admitted to drugging her with sedatives and inviting dozens of strangers to rape and abuse her over nearly a decade in a case that shocked the world.
Gisele Pelicot allowed the public into the courtroom during the initial months-long trial last year to raise awareness about sexual violence, saying it was time for perpetrators not victims to be ashamed.
But Husamettin Dogan, 44, has appealed his conviction for rape and nine-year prison sentence, saying he never intended to rape her and was "trapped" by her ex-husband Dominique Pelicot in 2019.
Gisele Pelicot told the court in the southern city of Nimes on Wednesday that Dogan had raped her and must "take responsibility" for his actions.
This story is from the October 10, 2025 edition of Bangkok Post.
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