Overview
- Husamettin Dogan, the only one of 51 convicted men to maintain an appeal, was reconvicted and given a 10‑year prison term plus five years of mandatory treatment.
- Prosecutors had sought 12 years, and a popular jury with magistrates ruled after viewing videos showing Pelicot unconscious during the assault.
- Dogan claimed he believed he was in a consensual scenario set up by Pelicot’s husband, a defense undermined by recordings and rejected by the court.
- Dominique Pelicot, who orchestrated the assaults over nearly a decade and filmed them, is serving 20 years, while other sentences ranged from three to 15 years.
- Civil damages proceedings for Pelicot and her family are scheduled in Avignon in November as the case continues to drive proposals to write explicit consent into French rape law.