""At what moment did I give you my consent," she asked. "Never." "Take responsibility for your actions and stop hiding behind your cowardice," she said."
""astounded by the [defendant's] continued denial, despite the material evidence." "She needs to see this through to the end," Camus said."
""Do you think that if I had known Dominique Pelicot was drugging me, I wouldn't have reported him? Are you joking?""
One man who appealed his conviction in the Gisele Pelicot rape case was found guilty and sentenced in Nîmes to 10 years, increased from an initial nine-year term. Dominique Pelicot, the victim's former husband, admitted to drugging her with sedatives and inviting dozens of men to rape and abuse her over nearly a decade and received the maximum 20-year sentence. Forty-nine other men were convicted and are not appealing. The appellant claimed he was lured to the home and felt trapped. Gisele Pelicot testified that she never gave consent and confronted the appellant directly.
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