Gisele Pelicot was mobbed by a huge crowd outside a French court today as she faces one of her rapists, who has appealed his conviction.

She was surrounded by police, her lawyers, and relatives, including her son Florian, as she made her way into the courthouse in Nimes.

Her daughter, Caroline Darian, however, was missing after she revealed she no longer speaks to her mother.

The only rapist left challenging his judgement for sexually abusing the 72-year-old is claiming he was 'trapped' by her husband.

Last year, Husamettin Dogan, 44, was sentenced to nine years in prison for raping Pelicot after her then husband, Dominique Pelicot, invited him via an online chatroom to abuse her while she was unconscious.