Nîmes (France) (AFP) — Husamettin Dogan, the only man who is appealing his conviction for sexually abusing Gisele Pelicot, was “fully aware” that the Frenchwoman was asleep when he abused her for more than three hours, an investigator said Tuesday.

Dogan is seeking to overturn his conviction for raping Gisele Pelicot, whose ex-husband had for over a decade recruited strangers to abuse her while she was drugged.

In December, Dogan was one of 50 men found guilty of sexual abuse at Dominique Pelicot’s invitation and sentenced to nine years in prison.

During the first trial, which lasted for nearly four months last year, Gisele Pelicot, 72, waived her anonymity, becoming an international icon and a symbol in the fight against sexual violence.

Dogan protests his innocence, saying he was not

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