Overview
- Husamettin Dogan, the only one of 51 convicted men to pursue an appeal, saw his prison term raised from nine to ten years after prosecutors asked for twelve.
- The court rejected claims that the acts were not rape or that the husband could authorize sexual access to his spouse.
- Investigators said the videos were unequivocal, showing Pelicot inert while Dogan penetrated her as she lay unconscious.
- Pelicot confronted Dogan in open court during the appeal, sustaining a public stance she adopted in the 2024 trial to shift shame to perpetrators.
- Dominique Pelicot, who drugged his wife from 2011 to 2020 and organized the assaults, received a 20-year sentence in 2024 and testified during the appeal with limited impact.