"Gisele Pelicot appeared in court in Nimes in France on Wednesday, telling the one man who still contests his rape conviction that she "never" gave him her consent. The 72-year-old's former husband has admitted to drugging her with sedatives and inviting dozens of men to their home to rape and abuse her over the course of nearly a decade. Dominique Pelicot, 72, received the maximum possible sentence of 20 years. He and 49 other men convicted in a case that shocked France and the wider world are not appealing."
"One of Pelicot's lawyers, Antoine Camus, told France's AFP news agency that his client would have preferred to focus on her future. But he said she was "astounded by the [defendant's] continued denial, despite the material evidence." "She needs to see this through to the end," Camus said. Pelicot was also blunt in her criticism of the defendant's lawyer, when asked if she had ever suspected her husband during the years of abuse. "Do you think that if I had known Dominique Pelicot was drugging me, I wouldn't have reported him? Are you joking?" she replied."
Gisele Pelicot, 72, appeared in court in Nimes and directly told an appellant that she never gave him consent. Her former husband, Dominique Pelicot, admitted drugging her with sedatives and inviting dozens of men to their home to rape and abuse her over nearly a decade and received a 20-year sentence. Forty-nine other convicted men are not appealing. A 44-year-old man convicted and sentenced to nine years maintains his innocence and has appealed, claiming he was lured and felt trapped. Pelicot confronted the appellant and rebuked denials and excuses.
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