Overview

• The Cour d’assises de Nîmes has scheduled the appeal hearing for October 6 to 9, 2025.
• Husamettin D. is the sole defendant to pursue a general appeal of both his conviction and his nine-year sentence.
• Sixteen of the seventeen initial appellants withdrew their appeals, leaving Husamettin D. as the lone retrial participant.
• Dominique Pelicot will not be retried but will appear at the hearing to testify as a witness.
• A deferred detention order for health reasons allows Husamettin D. to attend the four-day session free pending its outcome.