Overview

• Presiding judge Christian Pasta announced a 10-year prison term and five years of mandatory treatment after the court rejected Dogan’s appeal.
• Dogan was the only one of 51 men convicted in the Avignon trial to maintain an appeal; the others, including ex-husband Dominique Pelicot, did not challenge their sentences.
• Prosecutor Dominique Sie sought a 12-year term and urged a shift from “rape culture” to a culture of consent, citing Dogan’s refusal to accept responsibility.
• Investigators presented 107 photos and 14 videos from June 2019 showing Dogan penetrating an inert Pelicot and staying more than three hours, contradicting his account of a consensual encounter.
• The appeal was decided by a citizens’ jury, differing from the five-judge panel in the original trial, and civil damages for Pelicot are scheduled to be addressed in Avignon in November.