Gisele Pelicot Rape Case Back in Court for Appellant’s Trial

Less than a year after a significant drugging and rape trial in France, Husamettin Dogan, sentenced to nine years for raping Gisele Pelicot, is appealing his conviction, claiming deception by her ex-husband. The retrial, expected to last four days, follows a landmark case that highlighted sexual violence and has made Pelicot a symbol of the fight against rape culture in France.

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