Overview

• The court found Husamettin Dogan guilty on all charges, including aggravated rape tied to drugging, group assaults and filmed acts.
• Judges increased his term from nine to ten years after nearly three hours of deliberation, a decision announced by court president Christian Pasta.
• Prosecutors had requested a 12-year sentence, which the appeals panel declined to impose.
• Dogan claimed he believed the acts were a consensual couple's game, a defense Gisèle Pelicot rejected in court by stating she never consented.
• Dogan was the only one of the 51 men convicted in December to pursue an appeal, leaving the broader Avignon verdicts intact.