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Pelicot-judgement day

Gisele Pelicot leaves the Nimes Court of Appeal after a ten-year prison sentence was handed down to Hussamettin Dogan, who had appealed his nine-year sentence in the Mazan rape trial held in 2024 in Avignon, Nimes, France, on October 9, 2025. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pelicot-judgement day

Gisele Pelicot leaves the Nimes Court of Appeal after a ten-year prison sentence was handed down to Hussamettin Dogan, who had appealed his nine-year sentence in the Mazan rape trial held in 2024 in Avignon, Nimes, France, on October 9, 2025. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pelicot-judgement day

Gisele Pelicot leaves the Nimes Court of Appeal after a ten-year prison sentence was handed down to Hussamettin Dogan, who had appealed his nine-year sentence in the Mazan rape trial held in 2024 in Avignon, Nimes, France, on October 9, 2025. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pelicot-judgement day

Gisele Pelicot seen with her son Florian in the Nimes Court of Appeal before a ten-year prison sentence was handed down to Hussamettin Dogan, who had appealed his nine-year sentence in the Mazan rape trial held in 2024 in Avignon, Nimes, France, on October 9, 2025. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pelicot-judgement day

Gisele Pelicot leaves the Nimes Court of Appeal after a ten-year prison sentence was handed down to Hussamettin Dogan, who had appealed his nine-year sentence in the Mazan rape trial held in 2024 in Avignon, Nimes, France, on October 9, 2025. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pelicot-judgement day

Gisele Pelicot leaves the Nimes Court of Appeal after a ten-year prison sentence was handed down to Hussamettin Dogan, who had appealed his nine-year sentence in the Mazan rape trial held in 2024 in Avignon, Nimes, France, on October 9, 2025. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pelicot-judgement day

Gisele Pelicot, accompanied by her son Florian, leaves the Nimes Court of Appeal after a ten-year prison sentence was handed down to Hussamettin Dogan, who had appealed his nine-year sentence in the Mazan rape trial held in 2024 in Avignon, Nimes, France, on October 9, 2025. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pelicot-judgement day

Gisele Pelicot, accompanied by her son Florian, leaves the Nimes Court of Appeal after a ten-year prison sentence was handed down to Hussamettin Dogan, who had appealed his nine-year sentence in the Mazan rape trial held in 2024 in Avignon, Nimes, France, on October 9, 2025. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pelicot-judgement day

Gisele Pelicot leaves the Nimes Court of Appeal after a ten-year prison sentence was handed down to Hussamettin Dogan, who had appealed his nine-year sentence in the Mazan rape trial held in 2024 in Avignon, Nimes, France, on October 9, 2025. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pelicot-judgement day

Gisele Pelicot leaves the Nimes Court of Appeal after a ten-year prison sentence was handed down to Hussamettin Dogan, who had appealed his nine-year sentence in the Mazan rape trial held in 2024 in Avignon, Nimes, France, on October 9, 2025. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pelicot-judgement day

Gisele Pelicot, accompanied by her son Florian, leaves the Nimes Court of Appeal after a ten-year prison sentence was handed down to Hussamettin Dogan, who had appealed his nine-year sentence in the Mazan rape trial held in 2024 in Avignon, Nimes, France, on October 9, 2025. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pelicot-judgement day

Gisele Pelicot, accompanied by her son Florian, leaves the Nimes Court of Appeal after a ten-year prison sentence was handed down to Hussamettin Dogan, who had appealed his nine-year sentence in the Mazan rape trial held in 2024 in Avignon, Nimes, France, on October 9, 2025. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Lawyers Darrigade and Menviell At Mazan Rape Case Appeal Trial - Nimes

Jean-Marc Darrigade lawyer of defendant Husamettin Dogan, speaking to the press during the appeal trial in the Mazan rape case at the Nimes courthouse in Nimes, southern France, on October 8, 2025. The trial will take place at the Court of Appeal in Nîmes from October 6 to October 9, 2025. Only one of the 51 men convicted in Avignon during the first trial will ultimately be tried on appeal. The sixteen others who had appealed all withdrew their appeals. Gisèle Pelicot and the only one of the men accused of raping her who maintained his appeal will speak on October 8, 2025 before the Court, a confrontation made even more intense by the scheduled broadcasting of videos filmed by the victim's ex-husband. Phot boy Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Lawyers Darrigade and Menviell At Mazan Rape Case Appeal Trial - Nimes

Jean-Marc Darrigade lawyer of defendant Husamettin Dogan, speaking to the press during the appeal trial in the Mazan rape case at the Nimes courthouse in Nimes, southern France, on October 8, 2025. The trial will take place at the Court of Appeal in Nîmes from October 6 to October 9, 2025. Only one of the 51 men convicted in Avignon during the first trial will ultimately be tried on appeal. The sixteen others who had appealed all withdrew their appeals. Gisèle Pelicot and the only one of the men accused of raping her who maintained his appeal will speak on October 8, 2025 before the Court, a confrontation made even more intense by the scheduled broadcasting of videos filmed by the victim's ex-husband. Phot boy Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Lawyers Darrigade and Menviell At Mazan Rape Case Appeal Trial - Nimes

Jean-Marc Darrigade and and Sylvie Menvielle, lawyers of defendant Husamettin Dogan, speaking to the press during the appeal trial in the Mazan rape case at the Nimes courthouse in Nimes, southern France, on October 8, 2025. The trial will take place at the Court of Appeal in Nîmes from October 6 to October 9, 2025. Only one of the 51 men convicted in Avignon during the first trial will ultimately be tried on appeal. The sixteen others who had appealed all withdrew their appeals. Gisèle Pelicot and the only one of the men accused of raping her who maintained his appeal will speak on October 8, 2025 before the Court, a confrontation made even more intense by the scheduled broadcasting of videos filmed by the victim's ex-husband. Phot boy Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Lawyers Darrigade and Menviell At Mazan Rape Case Appeal Trial - Nimes

Sylvie Menvielle, lawyer of defendant Husamettin Dogan, speaking to the press during the appeal trial in the Mazan rape case at the Nimes courthouse in Nimes, southern France, on October 8, 2025. The trial will take place at the Court of Appeal in Nîmes from October 6 to October 9, 2025. Only one of the 51 men convicted in Avignon during the first trial will ultimately be tried on appeal. The sixteen others who had appealed all withdrew their appeals. Gisèle Pelicot and the only one of the men accused of raping her who maintained his appeal will speak on October 8, 2025 before the Court, a confrontation made even more intense by the scheduled broadcasting of videos filmed by the victim's ex-husband. Phot boy Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Lawyers Darrigade and Menviell At Mazan Rape Case Appeal Trial - Nimes

Sylvie Menvielle, lawyer of defendant Husamettin Dogan, speaking to the press during the appeal trial in the Mazan rape case at the Nimes courthouse in Nimes, southern France, on October 8, 2025. The trial will take place at the Court of Appeal in Nîmes from October 6 to October 9, 2025. Only one of the 51 men convicted in Avignon during the first trial will ultimately be tried on appeal. The sixteen others who had appealed all withdrew their appeals. Gisèle Pelicot and the only one of the men accused of raping her who maintained his appeal will speak on October 8, 2025 before the Court, a confrontation made even more intense by the scheduled broadcasting of videos filmed by the victim's ex-husband. Phot boy Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Lawyers Darrigade and Menviell At Mazan Rape Case Appeal Trial - Nimes

Jean-Marc Darrigade lawyer of defendant Husamettin Dogan, speaking to the press during the appeal trial in the Mazan rape case at the Nimes courthouse in Nimes, southern France, on October 8, 2025. The trial will take place at the Court of Appeal in Nîmes from October 6 to October 9, 2025. Only one of the 51 men convicted in Avignon during the first trial will ultimately be tried on appeal. The sixteen others who had appealed all withdrew their appeals. Gisèle Pelicot and the only one of the men accused of raping her who maintained his appeal will speak on October 8, 2025 before the Court, a confrontation made even more intense by the scheduled broadcasting of videos filmed by the victim's ex-husband. Phot boy Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Lawyers Darrigade and Menviell At Mazan Rape Case Appeal Trial - Nimes

Jean-Marc Darrigade lawyer of defendant Husamettin Dogan, speaking to the press during the appeal trial in the Mazan rape case at the Nimes courthouse in Nimes, southern France, on October 8, 2025. The trial will take place at the Court of Appeal in Nîmes from October 6 to October 9, 2025. Only one of the 51 men convicted in Avignon during the first trial will ultimately be tried on appeal. The sixteen others who had appealed all withdrew their appeals. Gisèle Pelicot and the only one of the men accused of raping her who maintained his appeal will speak on October 8, 2025 before the Court, a confrontation made even more intense by the scheduled broadcasting of videos filmed by the victim's ex-husband. Phot boy Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Lawyers Darrigade and Menviell At Mazan Rape Case Appeal Trial - Nimes

Jean-Marc Darrigade and and Sylvie Menvielle, lawyers of defendant Husamettin Dogan, speaking to the press during the appeal trial in the Mazan rape case at the Nimes courthouse in Nimes, southern France, on October 8, 2025. The trial will take place at the Court of Appeal in Nîmes from October 6 to October 9, 2025. Only one of the 51 men convicted in Avignon during the first trial will ultimately be tried on appeal. The sixteen others who had appealed all withdrew their appeals. Gisèle Pelicot and the only one of the men accused of raping her who maintained his appeal will speak on October 8, 2025 before the Court, a confrontation made even more intense by the scheduled broadcasting of videos filmed by the victim's ex-husband. Phot boy Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Lawyers Darrigade and Menviell At Mazan Rape Case Appeal Trial - Nimes

Jean-Marc Darrigade lawyer of defendant Husamettin Dogan, speaking to the press during the appeal trial in the Mazan rape case at the Nimes courthouse in Nimes, southern France, on October 8, 2025. The trial will take place at the Court of Appeal in Nîmes from October 6 to October 9, 2025. Only one of the 51 men convicted in Avignon during the first trial will ultimately be tried on appeal. The sixteen others who had appealed all withdrew their appeals. Gisèle Pelicot and the only one of the men accused of raping her who maintained his appeal will speak on October 8, 2025 before the Court, a confrontation made even more intense by the scheduled broadcasting of videos filmed by the victim's ex-husband. Phot boy Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Lawyers Darrigade and Menviell At Mazan Rape Case Appeal Trial - Nimes

Jean-Marc Darrigade lawyer of defendant Husamettin Dogan, speaking to the press during the appeal trial in the Mazan rape case at the Nimes courthouse in Nimes, southern France, on October 8, 2025. The trial will take place at the Court of Appeal in Nîmes from October 6 to October 9, 2025. Only one of the 51 men convicted in Avignon during the first trial will ultimately be tried on appeal. The sixteen others who had appealed all withdrew their appeals. Gisèle Pelicot and the only one of the men accused of raping her who maintained his appeal will speak on October 8, 2025 before the Court, a confrontation made even more intense by the scheduled broadcasting of videos filmed by the victim's ex-husband. Phot boy Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Lawyers Darrigade and Menviell At Mazan Rape Case Appeal Trial - Nimes

Jean-Marc Darrigade and and Sylvie Menvielle, lawyers of defendant Husamettin Dogan, speaking to the press during the appeal trial in the Mazan rape case at the Nimes courthouse in Nimes, southern France, on October 8, 2025. The trial will take place at the Court of Appeal in Nîmes from October 6 to October 9, 2025. Only one of the 51 men convicted in Avignon during the first trial will ultimately be tried on appeal. The sixteen others who had appealed all withdrew their appeals. Gisèle Pelicot and the only one of the men accused of raping her who maintained his appeal will speak on October 8, 2025 before the Court, a confrontation made even more intense by the scheduled broadcasting of videos filmed by the victim's ex-husband. Phot boy Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Lawyers Darrigade and Menviell At Mazan Rape Case Appeal Trial - Nimes

Jean-Marc Darrigade and and Sylvie Menvielle, lawyers of defendant Husamettin Dogan, speaking to the press during the appeal trial in the Mazan rape case at the Nimes courthouse in Nimes, southern France, on October 8, 2025. The trial will take place at the Court of Appeal in Nîmes from October 6 to October 9, 2025. Only one of the 51 men convicted in Avignon during the first trial will ultimately be tried on appeal. The sixteen others who had appealed all withdrew their appeals. Gisèle Pelicot and the only one of the men accused of raping her who maintained his appeal will speak on October 8, 2025 before the Court, a confrontation made even more intense by the scheduled broadcasting of videos filmed by the victim's ex-husband. Phot boy Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Lawyers Darrigade and Menviell At Mazan Rape Case Appeal Trial - Nimes

Jean-Marc Darrigade lawyer of defendant Husamettin Dogan, speaking to the press during the appeal trial in the Mazan rape case at the Nimes courthouse in Nimes, southern France, on October 8, 2025. The trial will take place at the Court of Appeal in Nîmes from October 6 to October 9, 2025. Only one of the 51 men convicted in Avignon during the first trial will ultimately be tried on appeal. The sixteen others who had appealed all withdrew their appeals. Gisèle Pelicot and the only one of the men accused of raping her who maintained his appeal will speak on October 8, 2025 before the Court, a confrontation made even more intense by the scheduled broadcasting of videos filmed by the victim's ex-husband. Phot boy Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Lawyers Darrigade and Menviell At Mazan Rape Case Appeal Trial - Nimes

Jean-Marc Darrigade lawyer of defendant Husamettin Dogan, speaking to the press during the appeal trial in the Mazan rape case at the Nimes courthouse in Nimes, southern France, on October 8, 2025. The trial will take place at the Court of Appeal in Nîmes from October 6 to October 9, 2025. Only one of the 51 men convicted in Avignon during the first trial will ultimately be tried on appeal. The sixteen others who had appealed all withdrew their appeals. Gisèle Pelicot and the only one of the men accused of raping her who maintained his appeal will speak on October 8, 2025 before the Court, a confrontation made even more intense by the scheduled broadcasting of videos filmed by the victim's ex-husband. Phot boy Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Lawyers Darrigade and Menviell At Mazan Rape Case Appeal Trial - Nimes

Jean-Marc Darrigade and and Sylvie Menvielle, lawyers of defendant Husamettin Dogan, speaking to the press during the appeal trial in the Mazan rape case at the Nimes courthouse in Nimes, southern France, on October 8, 2025. The trial will take place at the Court of Appeal in Nîmes from October 6 to October 9, 2025. Only one of the 51 men convicted in Avignon during the first trial will ultimately be tried on appeal. The sixteen others who had appealed all withdrew their appeals. Gisèle Pelicot and the only one of the men accused of raping her who maintained his appeal will speak on October 8, 2025 before the Court, a confrontation made even more intense by the scheduled broadcasting of videos filmed by the victim's ex-husband. Phot boy Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Lawyers Darrigade and Menviell At Mazan Rape Case Appeal Trial - Nimes

Jean-Marc Darrigade and and Sylvie Menvielle, lawyers of defendant Husamettin Dogan, speaking to the press during the appeal trial in the Mazan rape case at the Nimes courthouse in Nimes, southern France, on October 8, 2025. The trial will take place at the Court of Appeal in Nîmes from October 6 to October 9, 2025. Only one of the 51 men convicted in Avignon during the first trial will ultimately be tried on appeal. The sixteen others who had appealed all withdrew their appeals. Gisèle Pelicot and the only one of the men accused of raping her who maintained his appeal will speak on October 8, 2025 before the Court, a confrontation made even more intense by the scheduled broadcasting of videos filmed by the victim's ex-husband. Phot boy Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Lawyers Darrigade and Menviell At Mazan Rape Case Appeal Trial - Nimes

Jean-Marc Darrigade and and Sylvie Menvielle, lawyers of defendant Husamettin Dogan, speaking to the press during the appeal trial in the Mazan rape case at the Nimes courthouse in Nimes, southern France, on October 8, 2025. The trial will take place at the Court of Appeal in Nîmes from October 6 to October 9, 2025. Only one of the 51 men convicted in Avignon during the first trial will ultimately be tried on appeal. The sixteen others who had appealed all withdrew their appeals. Gisèle Pelicot and the only one of the men accused of raping her who maintained his appeal will speak on October 8, 2025 before the Court, a confrontation made even more intense by the scheduled broadcasting of videos filmed by the victim's ex-husband. Phot boy Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Lawyers Darrigade and Menviell At Mazan Rape Case Appeal Trial - Nimes

Jean-Marc Darrigade and and Sylvie Menvielle, lawyers of defendant Husamettin Dogan, speaking to the press during the appeal trial in the Mazan rape case at the Nimes courthouse in Nimes, southern France, on October 8, 2025. The trial will take place at the Court of Appeal in Nîmes from October 6 to October 9, 2025. Only one of the 51 men convicted in Avignon during the first trial will ultimately be tried on appeal. The sixteen others who had appealed all withdrew their appeals. Gisèle Pelicot and the only one of the men accused of raping her who maintained his appeal will speak on October 8, 2025 before the Court, a confrontation made even more intense by the scheduled broadcasting of videos filmed by the victim's ex-husband. Phot boy Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Lawyers Darrigade and Menviell At Mazan Rape Case Appeal Trial - Nimes

Jean-Marc Darrigade and and Sylvie Menvielle, lawyers of defendant Husamettin Dogan, speaking to the press during the appeal trial in the Mazan rape case at the Nimes courthouse in Nimes, southern France, on October 8, 2025. The trial will take place at the Court of Appeal in Nîmes from October 6 to October 9, 2025. Only one of the 51 men convicted in Avignon during the first trial will ultimately be tried on appeal. The sixteen others who had appealed all withdrew their appeals. Gisèle Pelicot and the only one of the men accused of raping her who maintained his appeal will speak on October 8, 2025 before the Court, a confrontation made even more intense by the scheduled broadcasting of videos filmed by the victim's ex-husband. Phot boy Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Lawyers Darrigade and Menviell At Mazan Rape Case Appeal Trial - Nimes

Jean-Marc Darrigade and and Sylvie Menvielle, lawyers of defendant Husamettin Dogan, speaking to the press during the appeal trial in the Mazan rape case at the Nimes courthouse in Nimes, southern France, on October 8, 2025. The trial will take place at the Court of Appeal in Nîmes from October 6 to October 9, 2025. Only one of the 51 men convicted in Avignon during the first trial will ultimately be tried on appeal. The sixteen others who had appealed all withdrew their appeals. Gisèle Pelicot and the only one of the men accused of raping her who maintained his appeal will speak on October 8, 2025 before the Court, a confrontation made even more intense by the scheduled broadcasting of videos filmed by the victim's ex-husband. Phot boy Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Lawyers Darrigade and Menviell At Mazan Rape Case Appeal Trial - Nimes

Jean-Marc Darrigade and and Sylvie Menvielle, lawyers of defendant Husamettin Dogan, speaking to the press during the appeal trial in the Mazan rape case at the Nimes courthouse in Nimes, southern France, on October 8, 2025. The trial will take place at the Court of Appeal in Nîmes from October 6 to October 9, 2025. Only one of the 51 men convicted in Avignon during the first trial will ultimately be tried on appeal. The sixteen others who had appealed all withdrew their appeals. Gisèle Pelicot and the only one of the men accused of raping her who maintained his appeal will speak on October 8, 2025 before the Court, a confrontation made even more intense by the scheduled broadcasting of videos filmed by the victim's ex-husband. Phot boy Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Lawyers Darrigade and Menviell At Mazan Rape Case Appeal Trial - Nimes

Jean-Marc Darrigade and and Sylvie Menvielle, lawyers of defendant Husamettin Dogan, speaking to the press during the appeal trial in the Mazan rape case at the Nimes courthouse in Nimes, southern France, on October 8, 2025. The trial will take place at the Court of Appeal in Nîmes from October 6 to October 9, 2025. Only one of the 51 men convicted in Avignon during the first trial will ultimately be tried on appeal. The sixteen others who had appealed all withdrew their appeals. Gisèle Pelicot and the only one of the men accused of raping her who maintained his appeal will speak on October 8, 2025 before the Court, a confrontation made even more intense by the scheduled broadcasting of videos filmed by the victim's ex-husband. Phot boy Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Appeal Trial In The Mazan Rape Case - Day 1

The Judge before the appeal trial in the Mazan rape case at the Nimes courthouse, in Nimes, France on October 6, 2025. The trial will take place at the Court of Appeal in Nîmes from October 6 to October 9, 2025. Only one of the 51 men convicted in Avignon during the first trial will ultimately be tried on appeal. The sixteen others who had appealed all withdrew their appeals. Last year, Husamettin Dogan, 44-year-old, was sentenced to nine years in prison for raping Gisele Pelicot after her then husband invited him online to abuse her. Dogan argues that he was misled into believing she had consented. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Appeal Trial In The Mazan Rape Case - Day 1

Files before the appeal trial in the Mazan rape case at the Nimes courthouse, in Nimes, France on October 6, 2025. The trial will take place at the Court of Appeal in Nîmes from October 6 to October 9, 2025. Only one of the 51 men convicted in Avignon during the first trial will ultimately be tried on appeal. The sixteen others who had appealed all withdrew their appeals. Last year, Husamettin Dogan, 44-year-old, was sentenced to nine years in prison for raping Gisele Pelicot after her then husband invited him online to abuse her. Dogan argues that he was misled into believing she had consented. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Appeal Trial In The Mazan Rape Case - Day 1

The Judge before the appeal trial in the Mazan rape case at the Nimes courthouse, in Nimes, France on October 6, 2025. The trial will take place at the Court of Appeal in Nîmes from October 6 to October 9, 2025. Only one of the 51 men convicted in Avignon during the first trial will ultimately be tried on appeal. The sixteen others who had appealed all withdrew their appeals. Last year, Husamettin Dogan, 44-year-old, was sentenced to nine years in prison for raping Gisele Pelicot after her then husband invited him online to abuse her. Dogan argues that he was misled into believing she had consented. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Appeal Trial In The Mazan Rape Case - Day 1

The Judge before the appeal trial in the Mazan rape case at the Nimes courthouse, in Nimes, France on October 6, 2025. The trial will take place at the Court of Appeal in Nîmes from October 6 to October 9, 2025. Only one of the 51 men convicted in Avignon during the first trial will ultimately be tried on appeal. The sixteen others who had appealed all withdrew their appeals. Last year, Husamettin Dogan, 44-year-old, was sentenced to nine years in prison for raping Gisele Pelicot after her then husband invited him online to abuse her. Dogan argues that he was misled into believing she had consented. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Appeal Trial In The Mazan Rape Case - Day 1

The Judge before the appeal trial in the Mazan rape case at the Nimes courthouse, in Nimes, France on October 6, 2025. The trial will take place at the Court of Appeal in Nîmes from October 6 to October 9, 2025. Only one of the 51 men convicted in Avignon during the first trial will ultimately be tried on appeal. The sixteen others who had appealed all withdrew their appeals. Last year, Husamettin Dogan, 44-year-old, was sentenced to nine years in prison for raping Gisele Pelicot after her then husband invited him online to abuse her. Dogan argues that he was misled into believing she had consented. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Appeal Trial In The Mazan Rape Case - Day 1

Files before the appeal trial in the Mazan rape case at the Nimes courthouse, in Nimes, France on October 6, 2025. The trial will take place at the Court of Appeal in Nîmes from October 6 to October 9, 2025. Only one of the 51 men convicted in Avignon during the first trial will ultimately be tried on appeal. The sixteen others who had appealed all withdrew their appeals. Last year, Husamettin Dogan, 44-year-old, was sentenced to nine years in prison for raping Gisele Pelicot after her then husband invited him online to abuse her. Dogan argues that he was misled into believing she had consented. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Appeal Trial In The Mazan Rape Case - Day 1

Husamettin Dogan pictured at the courthouse before the appeal trial in the Mazan rape case at the Nimes courthouse, in Nimes, France on October 6, 2025. The trial will take place at the Court of Appeal in Nîmes from October 6 to October 9, 2025. Only one of the 51 men convicted in Avignon during the first trial will ultimately be tried on appeal. The sixteen others who had appealed all withdrew their appeals. Last year, Husamettin Dogan, 44-year-old, was sentenced to nine years in prison for raping Gisele Pelicot after her then husband invited him online to abuse her. Dogan argues that he was misled into believing she had consented. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Appeal Trial In The Mazan Rape Case - Day 1

Husamettin Dogan pictured at the courthouse before the appeal trial in the Mazan rape case at the Nimes courthouse, in Nimes, France on October 6, 2025. The trial will take place at the Court of Appeal in Nîmes from October 6 to October 9, 2025. Only one of the 51 men convicted in Avignon during the first trial will ultimately be tried on appeal. The sixteen others who had appealed all withdrew their appeals. Last year, Husamettin Dogan, 44-year-old, was sentenced to nine years in prison for raping Gisele Pelicot after her then husband invited him online to abuse her. Dogan argues that he was misled into believing she had consented. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Appeal Trial In The Mazan Rape Case - Day 1

Gisele Pelicot's French lawyers Stephane Babonneau and Antoine Camus pictured at the courthouse before the appeal trial in the Mazan rape case at the Nimes courthouse, in Nimes, France on October 6, 2025. The trial will take place at the Court of Appeal in Nîmes from October 6 to October 9, 2025. Only one of the 51 men convicted in Avignon during the first trial will ultimately be tried on appeal. The sixteen others who had appealed all withdrew their appeals. Last year, Husamettin Dogan, 44-year-old, was sentenced to nine years in prison for raping Gisele Pelicot after her then husband invited him online to abuse her. Dogan argues that he was misled into believing she had consented. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Appeal Trial In The Mazan Rape Case - Day 1

Gisele Pelicot's French lawyers Stephane Babonneau and Antoine Camus pictured at the courthouse before the appeal trial in the Mazan rape case at the Nimes courthouse, in Nimes, France on October 6, 2025. The trial will take place at the Court of Appeal in Nîmes from October 6 to October 9, 2025. Only one of the 51 men convicted in Avignon during the first trial will ultimately be tried on appeal. The sixteen others who had appealed all withdrew their appeals. Last year, Husamettin Dogan, 44-year-old, was sentenced to nine years in prison for raping Gisele Pelicot after her then husband invited him online to abuse her. Dogan argues that he was misled into believing she had consented. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Appeal Trial In The Mazan Rape Case - Day 1

Husamettin Dogan pictured at the courthouse before the appeal trial in the Mazan rape case at the Nimes courthouse, in Nimes, France on October 6, 2025. The trial will take place at the Court of Appeal in Nîmes from October 6 to October 9, 2025. Only one of the 51 men convicted in Avignon during the first trial will ultimately be tried on appeal. The sixteen others who had appealed all withdrew their appeals. Last year, Husamettin Dogan, 44-year-old, was sentenced to nine years in prison for raping Gisele Pelicot after her then husband invited him online to abuse her. Dogan argues that he was misled into believing she had consented. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Appeal Trial In The Mazan Rape Case - Day 1

Husamettin Dogan pictured at the courthouse before the appeal trial in the Mazan rape case at the Nimes courthouse, in Nimes, France on October 6, 2025. The trial will take place at the Court of Appeal in Nîmes from October 6 to October 9, 2025. Only one of the 51 men convicted in Avignon during the first trial will ultimately be tried on appeal. The sixteen others who had appealed all withdrew their appeals. Last year, Husamettin Dogan, 44-year-old, was sentenced to nine years in prison for raping Gisele Pelicot after her then husband invited him online to abuse her. Dogan argues that he was misled into believing she had consented. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Appeal Trial In The Mazan Rape Case - Day 1

Gisele Pelicot's French lawyers Stephane Babonneau and Antoine Camus pictured at the courthouse before the appeal trial in the Mazan rape case at the Nimes courthouse, in Nimes, France on October 6, 2025. The trial will take place at the Court of Appeal in Nîmes from October 6 to October 9, 2025. Only one of the 51 men convicted in Avignon during the first trial will ultimately be tried on appeal. The sixteen others who had appealed all withdrew their appeals. Last year, Husamettin Dogan, 44-year-old, was sentenced to nine years in prison for raping Gisele Pelicot after her then husband invited him online to abuse her. Dogan argues that he was misled into believing she had consented. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Appeal Trial In The Mazan Rape Case - Day 1

Husamettin Dogan pictured at the courthouse before the appeal trial in the Mazan rape case at the Nimes courthouse, in Nimes, France on October 6, 2025. The trial will take place at the Court of Appeal in Nîmes from October 6 to October 9, 2025. Only one of the 51 men convicted in Avignon during the first trial will ultimately be tried on appeal. The sixteen others who had appealed all withdrew their appeals. Last year, Husamettin Dogan, 44-year-old, was sentenced to nine years in prison for raping Gisele Pelicot after her then husband invited him online to abuse her. Dogan argues that he was misled into believing she had consented. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Appeal Trial In The Mazan Rape Case - Day 1

Husamettin Dogan pictured at the courthouse before the appeal trial in the Mazan rape case at the Nimes courthouse, in Nimes, France on October 6, 2025. The trial will take place at the Court of Appeal in Nîmes from October 6 to October 9, 2025. Only one of the 51 men convicted in Avignon during the first trial will ultimately be tried on appeal. The sixteen others who had appealed all withdrew their appeals. Last year, Husamettin Dogan, 44-year-old, was sentenced to nine years in prison for raping Gisele Pelicot after her then husband invited him online to abuse her. Dogan argues that he was misled into believing she had consented. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Appeal Trial In The Mazan Rape Case - Day 1

Gisele Pelicot pictured at the courthouse before the appeal trial in the Mazan rape case at the Nimes courthouse, in Nimes, France on October 6, 2025. The trial will take place at the Court of Appeal in Nîmes from October 6 to October 9, 2025. Only one of the 51 men convicted in Avignon during the first trial will ultimately be tried on appeal. The sixteen others who had appealed all withdrew their appeals. Last year, Husamettin Dogan, 44-year-old, was sentenced to nine years in prison for raping Gisele Pelicot after her then husband invited him online to abuse her. Dogan argues that he was misled into believing she had consented. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM