"At the beginning of the original trial, she famously argued that it should be the perpetrators of sexual violence, not the victims, who should be ashamed. Pelicot has been greeted with applause at each of her arrivals in court since the trial opened earlier this week in the southern city of Nimes. On Wednesday, she confronted Dogan in court. "At what moment did I give you my consent?" Pelicot asked. "Never." "Take responsibility for your actions and stop hiding behind your cowardice," she added."
"Investigators found a total of 107 photos and 14 videos from the night Dogan visited the couple's home in 2019 on a hard drive belonging to Dominique Pelicot. Some of that footage, which shows Dogan penetrating an inert Gisele Pelicot and also trying to force her to perform oral sex on him, was shown to the court on Wednesday before she took the stand. In the videos, the two men whisper to avoid waking her."
Gisèle Pelicot testified in court that she never gave consent to the sexual acts committed against her. Her ex-husband, Dominique Pelicot, received a 20-year sentence for drugging her and arranging repeated rapes over nearly a decade. Investigators recovered 107 photos and 14 videos from a 2019 visit showing a man penetrating an inert Pelicot and attempting to force oral sex. One man, Husamettin Dogan, was previously sentenced to nine years but maintains his innocence and says he felt trapped. Pelicot confronted Dogan in court and urged him to take responsibility.
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