Overview

• Fourteen courtroom videos show Husamettin D. abusing Pelicot while she remains motionless and at times audibly snoring.
• Testifying directly to the defendant, Pelicot said she never consented and urged him to take responsibility for his actions.
• The 44-year-old denies intending to rape, claiming manipulation by Dominique Pelicot and asserting he believed consent had been arranged online.
• Dominique Pelicot testified he sought men on an internet forum to rape his sleeping wife and is serving a 20-year sentence.
• The appellant was previously sentenced to nine years and is the only one of roughly 50 convicted men to appeal, facing up to 20 years if reconvicted.