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The Guardian // World // Europe

Gisèle Pelicot’s ex-husband tells court man convicted of rape knew she was sedated

Tuesday 7th October 2025, 6:35PM

Dominique Pelicot says Husamettin Dogan’s attempt to overturn conviction in the mass rape case ‘is indecent’Dominique Pelicot, who drugged his ex-wife Gisèle Pelicot and invited dozens of strangers to rape her over almost a decade, has told a court that a man who is appealing against his rape conviction knew she was sedated and came to their home deliberately to abuse her.Husamettin Dogan, 44, a married father, is seeking to overturn his conviction for raping Gisèle Pelicot while she was unconscious in her own bed in June 2019. Dogan is being tried on appeal in Nîmes in southern France. Continue reading...

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