Overview

• Proceedings begin Monday at the Nîmes appeals court and are scheduled to run through Thursday.
• Husamettin Dogan, 44, is the only one of the 51 men convicted in the case to appeal his verdict, which imposed a nine-year prison term for aggravated rape.
• Gisèle Pelicot, 72, will attend the hearing, with her lawyers saying she feels a responsibility to see the process through.
• Dogan remains free for health reasons while he contests the conviction, arguing he believed he was taking part in a consensual libertine encounter and says he was misled by Dominique Pelicot.
• The appeal will be heard in Nîmes by a jury of nine citizens reevaluating guilt and sentence, and Dominique Pelicot is expected to testify Tuesday within the scope of Dogan’s case.