Overview
- The three- to four-day appeal in Nîmes centers on Husamettin D., the only one of 51 convicted men to maintain an appeal after receiving nine years in the first trial.
- Lead investigator Jérémie Bosse-Platière told the court that 107 photos and 14 videos show Gisèle Pelicot motionless and snoring, with timestamps indicating the defendant spent at least three hours and 24 minutes in the house.
- According to the investigator, the footage captures the men whispering to avoid waking Pelicot and the appellant pulling back when she moved, contradicting his claim of a consensual ‘game.’
- Gisèle Pelicot attended the public hearing and is due to testify Wednesday, while her ex-husband Dominique Pelicot, serving 20 years, was slated to appear as a witness Tuesday.
- The case continues to drive policy discussions in France on consent and drug-facilitated assault, and separate probes into Dominique Pelicot’s suspected crimes in 1991 and 1999 remain active.