Overview

• The three-day appeal began in Nîmes with 44-year-old Husamettin D. as the only convicted man still contesting his nine-year sentence.
• Gisèle Pelicot appeared at court and is scheduled to testify on Wednesday, while her ex-husband Dominique Pelicot will be questioned on Tuesday from prison.
• The hearing is before the Cour d’assises du Gard with a jury and is expected to last up to four days, according to AFP reporting from the court.
• Most of the 51 men convicted in Avignon in 2024 withdrew their appeals after multi-year sentences based on extensive video evidence; Dominique Pelicot received 20 years.
• The case has spurred proposals for legal and practical reforms, including defining consent as voluntary and conscious, providing free admissible toxicology tests, and enabling hospital-based reporting, while separate probes into earlier alleged crimes by Dominique continue.