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Husamettin Dogan, the lone antheral who is appealing his condemnation for sexually abusing Gisele Pelicot, was "fully aware" that the Frenchwoman was dormant erstwhile helium abused her for much than 3 hours, an researcher said Tuesday (October 7, 2025).
Dogan is seeking to overturn his condemnation for raping Gisele Pelicot, whose ex-husband had for implicit a decennary recruited strangers to maltreatment her portion she was drugged.
In December, Dogan was 1 of 50 men recovered blameworthy of intersexual maltreatment astatine Dominique Pelicot's invitation and sentenced to 9 years successful prison.
During the archetypal trial, which lasted for astir 4 months past year, Gisele Pelicot, 72, waived her anonymity, becoming an planetary icon and a awesome successful the combat against intersexual violence.
Dogan protests his innocence, saying helium was not a "rapist" and insisting helium thought helium was participating successful a libertine couple's intersexual game.
Dogan is acceptable to look Dominique Pelicot successful tribunal aboriginal Tuesday, erstwhile 1 of France's worst intersexual predators volition beryllium extracted from prison, wherever helium remains successful solitary confinement, for cross-examination.
Investigator Jeremie Bosse-Platiere sought to instrumentality isolated Dogan's arguments connected Tuesday, citing video footage of the maltreatment recorded by Dominique Pelicot.
"I person nary uncertainty that helium was afloat alert of the victim's condition," helium said connected the 2nd time of Dogan's entreaty successful the confederate metropolis of Nimes.
"Anyone who sees the videos understands this immediately."
Dogan visited the couple's location connected June 28, 2019. He said helium lone realised that thing was incorrect erstwhile helium heard the pistillate snoring.
Dominique Pelicot would meticulously grounds the assaults connected his sedated wife.
Investigators recovered a full of 107 photos and 14 videos from the nighttime Dogan visited the couple's location successful the confederate municipality of Mazan.
'3 hours and 24 minutes'
The constabulary commissioner described a video successful which Gisele Pelicot was seen moving somewhat and Dogan instantly withdrawing.
"We recognize that helium is disquieted that his unfortunate mightiness aftermath up and freezes successful a waiting position," said Bosse-Platiere.
"After 30 seconds, seeing that it was a reflex caused by symptom oregon discomfort, helium reintroduces his penis into her vagina."
"It is wide that the 2 men are acting precise cautiously and meticulously truthful arsenic not to marque immoderate noise," the researcher said.
"They susurration truthful arsenic not to startle the unfortunate and are intelligibly intent connected not waking her up."
Dogan claims helium stayed astatine the couple's location for conscionable fractional an hour, but the researcher said helium had remained astatine the country for "at slightest 3 hours and 24 minutes", according to the video timeline.
While the researcher said that Dominique Pelicot mightiness person been "a small bossy", helium said determination were "no carnal coercion, nary menace that is supported by the videos."
Dogan has claimed helium had been nether unit to proceed the abuse.
Dominique Pelicot has not appealed his 20-year situation sentence.
His lawyer, Beatrice Zavarro, said her lawsuit "will support his presumption that helium did not manipulate" Dogan.
"Do not expect immoderate surprises from Mr Pelicot," she added.
Gisele Pelicot is acceptable to instrumentality the basal connected Wednesday morning, with the verdict expected aboriginal that time oregon Thursday.
