Pope Leo XIV Leads Extraordinary Consistory - Day 2 - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV Leads Extraordinary Consistory - Day 2 - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV have lunch with the cardinals on the second day of his first Extraordinary Consistory of Cardinals in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican on January 8, 2026. RIGHT of the pope: French cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline. Over the course of two days, the Pope meets with members of the College of Cardinals in order to foster shared discernment and to offer support and counsel to the pope in carrying out his responsibility for the governance of the universal Church. Photo by (EV) Simone Risoluti/ Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV Leads Extraordinary Consistory - Day 2 - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV Leads Extraordinary Consistory - Day 2 - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV have lunch with the cardinals on the second day of his first Extraordinary Consistory of Cardinals in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican on January 8, 2026. LEFT: French cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline. Over the course of two days, the Pope meets with members of the College of Cardinals in order to foster shared discernment and to offer support and counsel to the pope in carrying out his responsibility for the governance of the universal Church. Photo by (EV) Simone Risoluti/ Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV Leads Extraordinary Consistory - Day 2 - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV Leads Extraordinary Consistory - Day 2 - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV have lunch with the cardinals on the second day of his first Extraordinary Consistory of Cardinals in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican on January 8, 2026. LEFT: French cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline. Over the course of two days, the Pope meets with members of the College of Cardinals in order to foster shared discernment and to offer support and counsel to the pope in carrying out his responsibility for the governance of the universal Church. Photo by (EV) Simone Risoluti/ Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV Leads Extraordinary Consistory - Day 2 - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV Leads Extraordinary Consistory - Day 2 - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV have lunch with the cardinals on the second day of his first Extraordinary Consistory of Cardinals in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican on January 8, 2026. LEFT: French cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline. Over the course of two days, the Pope meets with members of the College of Cardinals in order to foster shared discernment and to offer support and counsel to the pope in carrying out his responsibility for the governance of the universal Church. Photo by (EV) Simone Risoluti/ Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

Several Dozen Farmers From The Coordination Rurale - Paris

Several Dozen Farmers From The Coordination Rurale - Paris

TV host Jean Marc Morandini during a live broadcast with dozen farmers from the Coordination Rurale (CR) arrived in Paris and gathered at Place de l'Etoile near the Champs-Elysee early in the night of January 8, 2026, to protest against the possible signing of the Mercosur free trade agreement. Photos by Jérémy Paoloni/ABACAPRESS.COM

Several Dozen Farmers From The Coordination Rurale - Paris

Several Dozen Farmers From The Coordination Rurale - Paris

TV host Jean Marc Morandini during a live broadcast with dozen farmers from the Coordination Rurale (CR) arrived in Paris and gathered at Place de l'Etoile near the Champs-Elysee early in the night of January 8, 2026, to protest against the possible signing of the Mercosur free trade agreement. Photos by Jérémy Paoloni/ABACAPRESS.COM

Notre Dame De La Garde Inauguration - Marseille

Notre Dame De La Garde Inauguration - Marseille

Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline, Archbishop of the Diocese of Marseille, gives the blessing during the inauguration of the renovated and regilded statue of the Basilica of Notre-Dame de la Garde (commonly known as La Bonne Mère) in Marseille, France, on December 7, 2025. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

Notre Dame De La Garde Inauguration - Marseille

Notre Dame De La Garde Inauguration - Marseille

Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline, Archbishop of the Diocese of Marseille, gives the blessing during the inauguration of the renovated and regilded statue of the Basilica of Notre-Dame de la Garde (commonly known as La Bonne Mère) in Marseille, France, on December 7, 2025. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

Notre Dame De La Garde Inauguration - Marseille

Notre Dame De La Garde Inauguration - Marseille

Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline, Archbishop of the Diocese of Marseille, gives the blessing during the inauguration of the renovated and regilded statue of the Basilica of Notre-Dame de la Garde (commonly known as La Bonne Mère) in Marseille, France, on December 7, 2025. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

Notre Dame De La Garde Inauguration - Marseille

Notre Dame De La Garde Inauguration - Marseille

Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline, Archbishop of the Diocese of Marseille, gives the blessing during the inauguration of the renovated and regilded statue of the Basilica of Notre-Dame de la Garde (commonly known as La Bonne Mère) in Marseille, France, on December 7, 2025. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

Notre Dame De La Garde Inauguration - Marseille

Notre Dame De La Garde Inauguration - Marseille

Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline, Archbishop of the Diocese of Marseille, gives the blessing during the inauguration of the renovated and regilded statue of the Basilica of Notre-Dame de la Garde (commonly known as La Bonne Mère) in Marseille, France, on December 7, 2025. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

Notre Dame De La Garde Inauguration - Marseille

Notre Dame De La Garde Inauguration - Marseille

Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline, Archbishop of the Diocese of Marseille, gives the blessing during the inauguration of the renovated and regilded statue of the Basilica of Notre-Dame de la Garde (commonly known as La Bonne Mère) in Marseille, France, on December 7, 2025. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

Notre Dame De La Garde Inauguration - Marseille

Notre Dame De La Garde Inauguration - Marseille

Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline, Archbishop of the Diocese of Marseille, gives the blessing during the inauguration of the renovated and regilded statue of the Basilica of Notre-Dame de la Garde (commonly known as La Bonne Mère) in Marseille, France, on December 7, 2025. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

Lafarge trial opening day - Paris

Lafarge trial opening day - Paris

Lafarge Board Member Jean-Marc Goldberg arriving at opening day of the trial of the French cement group Lafarge and eight individuals, including former executives, accused of financing terrorism in Syria, at the Paris courthouse, in Paris, on November 4, 2025. Cement group Lafarge goes on trial in France on November 4, 2025, accused of paying the Islamic State group and other jihadists protection money to build its business in war-torn Syria. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

Lafarge trial opening day - Paris

Lafarge trial opening day - Paris

Lafarge Board Member Jean-Marc Goldberg arriving at opening day of the trial of the French cement group Lafarge and eight individuals, including former executives, accused of financing terrorism in Syria, at the Paris courthouse, in Paris, on November 4, 2025. Cement group Lafarge goes on trial in France on November 4, 2025, accused of paying the Islamic State group and other jihadists protection money to build its business in war-torn Syria. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ligue 1 McDonald s - Paris FC v Lyon - Paris

Ligue 1 McDonald s - Paris FC v Lyon - Paris

Paris FC General manager Jean-Marc Gallot during Ligue 1 match between Paris and Olympique lyonnais Lyon at the Stade Jean Bouin, in Paris, France, on October 29, 2025. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

Paris FC v Nantes Match - Paris

Paris FC v Nantes Match - Paris

Jean-Marc Gallot, general director of Paris FC prior the Ligue 1 McDonald's match between Paris and Nantes at Stade Jean Bouin on October 24, 2025 in Paris, France. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Paris FC v Nantes Match - Paris

Paris FC v Nantes Match - Paris

Pierre Ferraci, president, Antoine Arnault, owner, Jean-Marc Gallot, general director of Paris FC prior the Ligue 1 McDonald's match between Paris and Nantes at Stade Jean Bouin on October 24, 2025 in Paris, France. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Antoine Arnault At Paris FC v Nantes Match - Paris

Antoine Arnault At Paris FC v Nantes Match - Paris

Pierre Ferraci, president, Antoine Arnault, owner, Jean-Marc Gallot, general director of Paris FC on the sidelines before the match between Paris FC and Nantes in Ligue 1, Paris FC lost 2-1, in Paris, France, on October 24, 2025. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

Antoine Arnault At Paris FC v Nantes Match - Paris

Antoine Arnault At Paris FC v Nantes Match - Paris

Pierre Ferraci, president, Antoine Arnault, owner, Jean-Marc Gallot, general director of Paris FC on the sidelines before the match between Paris FC and Nantes in Ligue 1, Paris FC lost 2-1, in Paris, France, on October 24, 2025. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

Antoine Arnault At Paris FC v Nantes Match - Paris

Antoine Arnault At Paris FC v Nantes Match - Paris

Pierre Ferraci, president, Antoine Arnault, owner, Jean-Marc Gallot, general director of Paris FC on the sidelines before the match between Paris FC and Nantes in Ligue 1, Paris FC lost 2-1, in Paris, France, on October 24, 2025. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

Antoine Arnault At Paris FC v Nantes Match - Paris

Antoine Arnault At Paris FC v Nantes Match - Paris

Pierre Ferraci, president, Antoine Arnault, owner, Jean-Marc Gallot, general director of Paris FC on the sidelines before the match between Paris FC and Nantes in Ligue 1, Paris FC lost 2-1, in Paris, France, on October 24, 2025. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

Antoine Arnault At Paris FC v Nantes Match - Paris

Antoine Arnault At Paris FC v Nantes Match - Paris

Pierre Ferraci, president, Antoine Arnault, owner, Jean-Marc Gallot, general director of Paris FC on the sidelines before the match between Paris FC and Nantes in Ligue 1, Paris FC lost 2-1, in Paris, France, on October 24, 2025. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

Antoine Arnault At Paris FC v Nantes Match - Paris

Antoine Arnault At Paris FC v Nantes Match - Paris

Pierre Ferraci, president, Antoine Arnault, owner, Jean-Marc Gallot, general director of Paris FC on the sidelines before the match between Paris FC and Nantes in Ligue 1, Paris FC lost 2-1, in Paris, France, on October 24, 2025. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline At A Market in Rome

Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline At A Market in Rome

French Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline goes for a walk at the famous market of Campo de’ Fiori in Rome, Italy on October 22, 2025. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ ABACAPRESS.COM

Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline At A Market in Rome

Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline At A Market in Rome

French Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline goes for a walk at the famous market of Campo de’ Fiori in Rome, Italy on October 22, 2025. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ ABACAPRESS.COM

Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline At A Market in Rome

Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline At A Market in Rome

French Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline goes for a walk at the famous market of Campo de’ Fiori in Rome, Italy on October 22, 2025. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV visits Peace Training Ship at Ostia Harbour - Italy

Pope Leo XIV visits Peace Training Ship at Ostia Harbour - Italy

Pope Leo XIV and French cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline visit the ‘Med 25 - Bel Espoir’, Peace Training Ship at the Marina of Ostia, near Rome, Italy on October 17, 2025. Pope Leo pays a visit to the 25 young men and women aboard the ship Med25 Bel Espoir. On their journey, they have stopped at 30 ports across the Mediterranean sharing a message of peace. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV visits Peace Training Ship at Ostia Harbour - Italy

Pope Leo XIV visits Peace Training Ship at Ostia Harbour - Italy

Pope Leo XIV and French cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline (L) visit the ‘Med 25 - Bel Espoir’, Peace Training Ship at the Marina of Ostia, near Rome, Italy on October 17, 2025. Pope Leo pays a visit to the 25 young men and women aboard the ship Med25 Bel Espoir. On their journey, they have stopped at 30 ports across the Mediterranean sharing a message of peace. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV visits Peace Training Ship at Ostia Harbour - Italy

Pope Leo XIV visits Peace Training Ship at Ostia Harbour - Italy

Pope Leo XIV and French cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline (center) visit the ‘Med 25 - Bel Espoir’, Peace Training Ship at the Marina of Ostia, near Rome, Italy on October 17, 2025. Pope Leo pays a visit to the 25 young men and women aboard the ship Med25 Bel Espoir. On their journey, they have stopped at 30 ports across the Mediterranean sharing a message of peace. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ceremony to Induct Robert Badinter at Pantheon - Paris

Ceremony to Induct Robert Badinter at Pantheon - Paris

Former French President Francois Hollande, outgoing French Justice Minsiter Gerald Darmanin and Former French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou, Jean-Marc Ayrault, Dominique de Villepin, French Ombudswoman (Defender of Rights) Claire Hedon, Lebanese-born French author and Perpetual Secretary of the Academie Francaise Amin Maalouf and outgoing French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu during ceremony to induct Robert Badinter, former Minister of Justice, into the Pantheon in Paris, France on October 9 2025. Former French lawyer and minister of Justice and famous for his fight against the death penalty, which he supported abolishing in 1981, Robert Badinter, is laid to rest in The Pantheon mausoleum during a solemn ceremony presided over by the French President on October 9, 2025, the anniversary of the enactment of the law abolishing the death penalty, which he authored. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ceremony to Induct Robert Badinter at Pantheon - Paris

Ceremony to Induct Robert Badinter at Pantheon - Paris

Outgoing French Culture Minister Rachida Dati, Outgoing French Education Minister Elisabeth Borne, Former French President Francois Hollande, outgoing French Justice Minsiter Gerald Darmanin and Former French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou, Jean-Marc Ayrault and Dominique de Villepin during ceremony to induct Robert Badinter, former Minister of Justice, into the Pantheon in Paris, France on October 9 2025. Former French lawyer and minister of Justice and famous for his fight against the death penalty, which he supported abolishing in 1981, Robert Badinter, is laid to rest in The Pantheon mausoleum during a solemn ceremony presided over by the French President on October 9, 2025, the anniversary of the enactment of the law abolishing the death penalty, which he authored. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ceremony to Induct Robert Badinter at Pantheon - Paris

Ceremony to Induct Robert Badinter at Pantheon - Paris

Jean-Marc Ayrault, Dominique de Villepin, Former French Prime Minister Michel Barnier, Outgoing French Justice Minsiter Gerald Darmanin and Former French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou during ceremony to induct Robert Badinter, former Minister of Justice, into the Pantheon in Paris, France on October 9 2025. Former French lawyer and minister of Justice and famous for his fight against the death penalty, which he supported abolishing in 1981, Robert Badinter, is laid to rest in The Pantheon mausoleum during a solemn ceremony presided over by the French President on October 9, 2025, the anniversary of the enactment of the law abolishing the death penalty, which he authored. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ceremony to Induct Robert Badinter at Pantheon - Paris

Ceremony to Induct Robert Badinter at Pantheon - Paris

Jean-Marc Ayrault, Dominique de Villepin, Former French Prime Minister Michel Barnier, Outgoing French Justice Minsiter Gerald Darmanin and Former French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou during ceremony to induct Robert Badinter, former Minister of Justice, into the Pantheon in Paris, France on October 9 2025. Former French lawyer and minister of Justice and famous for his fight against the death penalty, which he supported abolishing in 1981, Robert Badinter, is laid to rest in The Pantheon mausoleum during a solemn ceremony presided over by the French President on October 9, 2025, the anniversary of the enactment of the law abolishing the death penalty, which he authored. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ceremony to Induct Robert Badinter at Pantheon - Paris

Ceremony to Induct Robert Badinter at Pantheon - Paris

Jean-Marc Ayrault, Dominique de Villepin, Former French Prime Minister Michel Barnier, Outgoing French Justice Minsiter Gerald Darmanin and Former French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou during ceremony to induct Robert Badinter, former Minister of Justice, into the Pantheon in Paris, France on October 9 2025. Former French lawyer and minister of Justice and famous for his fight against the death penalty, which he supported abolishing in 1981, Robert Badinter, is laid to rest in The Pantheon mausoleum during a solemn ceremony presided over by the French President on October 9, 2025, the anniversary of the enactment of the law abolishing the death penalty, which he authored. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ceremony to Induct Robert Badinter at Pantheon - Paris

Ceremony to Induct Robert Badinter at Pantheon - Paris

Jean-Marc Ayrault and Dominique de Villepin during ceremony to induct Robert Badinter, former Minister of Justice, into the Pantheon in Paris, France on October 9 2025. Former French lawyer and minister of Justice and famous for his fight against the death penalty, which he supported abolishing in 1981, Robert Badinter, is laid to rest in The Pantheon mausoleum during a solemn ceremony presided over by the French President on October 9, 2025, the anniversary of the enactment of the law abolishing the death penalty, which he authored. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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