Husamettin Dogan, the only man left appealing his conviction for sexually abusing Gisele Pelicot, is hoping to rid himself of the label of rapist when he steps back into court in France on Monday.

Last year, the 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.

Dogan was one of 51 men found guilty of sexual abuse at Dominique Pelicot's invitation, in a trial that shocked the world.

Among the 17 who filed an appeal, he is the only one still maintaining it.

Dominique Pelicot has not appealed his 20-year prison sentence for drugging his wife and recruiting dozens of strangers to abuse her in her own bed over almost a decade.

But Dogan -- who

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