Overview

• Hearing opened Monday in Nîmes with Gisèle Pelicot present and Husamettin Dogan, 44, appearing free for health reasons and facing up to 20 years if reconvicted.
• The four-day assizes trial features nine jurors and three magistrates, with Dominique Pelicot scheduled to testify Tuesday and Gisèle Pelicot expected to speak Wednesday.
• The court will again view videos filmed and archived by Dominique Pelicot that depict the victim being penetrated while asleep and snoring.
• Dogan’s lawyers argue he believed he was attending a consensual libertine encounter and was trapped by Dominique Pelicot, a claim the latter disputes by insisting participants knew the woman was sedated.
• More than 100 journalists are accredited and feminist groups gathered outside the courthouse, with a verdict expected Wednesday or Thursday depending on the pace of deliberations.