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TOPSHOT - Gisele Pelicot leaves the court during the appeal trial in the Mazan rape case at the Nimes courthouse, southern France, in Nimes on October 7, 2025. Frenchwoman Gisele Pelicot, whose ex-husband recruited dozens of strangers to rape and sexually assault her while drugged, attended court on October 6, 2025 for an appeal by one man who insisted he "never intended" to rape her. Last year, Husamettin Dogan, 44-year-old, was sentenced to nine years in prison for raping Gisele Pelicot after her then husband invited him online to abuse her. Dogan argues that he was misled into believing she had consented. (Photo by Christophe SIMON / AFP) (Photo by CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP via Getty Images)