Gisele Pelicot today told the man who insists sexually abusing her while she was unconscious does not make him a rapist that she 'never' gave him her consent.'At what moment did I give you my consent? Never,' Pelicot said during the appeal trial of 44-year-old Husamettin Dogan, urging him to 'take responsibility' for his actions.The 72-year-old's former husband has admitted to drugging her with sedatives and inviting dozens of strangers to rape and abuse her over nearly a decade in a case that shocked the world.A French court handed her ex-husband Dominique Pelicot, 72, the maximum term of 20 years in jail last year. He and 49 other men convicted in the case are not appealing their sentences.But one man, Dogan, has maintained his innocence, drawing back into court the woman who publicly defied her abusers and said it should be the perpetrators of sexual violence, not the victims, who feel shame.Investigators found a total of 107 photos and 14 videos from the night Dogan visited the couple's home in 2019 on a hard drive belonging to Dominique Pelicot.Some of that footage, which shows Dogan penetrating an inert Gisele Pelicot and also trying to force her to perform oral sex on him, was shown to the court on Wednesday just before she took the stand.Dogan, who had been sentenced to nine years in prison for rape, was also expected to give his version of events on Wednesday morning.Gisele Pelicot, who has been greeted with applause at each of her arrivals in court since the trial opened Monday in the southern city of Nimes, is expected to speak on Wednesday morning Husamettin Dogan had been sentenced to nine years in prison for rape, and was also expected to give his version of events on Wednesday morningHe has claimed he never intended to rape Gisele Pelicot and was 'trapped' by her ex-husband.But Dominique Pelicot told the appeal court on Tuesday that Dogan had been a willing participant in his scheme.'I never forced anyone,' he said.Dominique Pelicot said that Dogan knew his wife would be 'asleep' and that he did all sorts of 'things' to her.He also said Dogan had even asked him to lift his inert wife's leg to 'help him penetrate her from the side'.'She would have much preferred to stay where she is and focus on her new life and her future,' one of Gisele Pelicot's lawyers, Antoine Camus, said. But 'she needs to see this through to the end,' he added.Gisele Pelicot, who has been greeted with applause at each of her arrivals in court since the trial opened Monday in the southern city of Nimes, remains 'astounded by the (defendant's) continued denial despite the material evidence', her lawyer said.Earlier Tuesday investigator Jeremie Bosse-Platiere took apart Dogan's arguments, citing the horrific video footage.'I have no doubt that he was fully aware of the victim's condition,' he said.'Anyone who sees the videos understands this immediately.'The police commissioner described the video in which Gisele Pelicot was seen moving slightly and Dogan immediately withdrawing.'We understand that he is worried that his victim might wake up and freezes in a waiting position,' said Bosse-Platiere.Dogan claims he stayed at the couple's home for just half an hour, but the investigator said he had remained at the scene for 'at least 3 hours and 24 minutes', according to the video timeline.He risks a maximum of 20 years in jail. The verdict is expected on Thursday. Gisele Pelicot, the victim of a mass rape orchestrated by her then-husband Dominique Pelicot at their home in the southern French town of Mazan, arrives with her son Florian Pelicot to attend a hearing in the appeal trial filed by Husamettin D., one of the 51 people convicted in her rape trial, at the courthouse in Nimes, France, October 8, 2025 The Turkish man, who has arthritis and appeared at the first trial using a walking stick, is technically still a free man as his appeal has put his prison sentence on holdDogan's defence team earlier said he plans to appeal against both his criminal responsibility and the sentence during the trial.'He maintains that he never went to the couple's home with the intention of raping anyone,' one of his lawyers, Jean-Marc Darrigade, said. 'He is deeply affected by the fact that he could be labelled as a rapist.' Dogan's fight is not with the main plaintiff, Gisele Pelicot, whom he 'respects deeply', Darrigade said. Instead, it is with 'the cynical man who trapped him'. The Turkish man, who has arthritis and appeared at the first trial using a walking stick, is technically still a free man as his appeal has put his prison sentence on hold.'I'm not a rapist,' the construction worker said during the first trial. 'This is too much for me to bear. He's her husband. I never thought that guy could do this to his wife.'During the first trial, he was at first not prepared to accept the charges against him.He said Dominique Pelicot sent him a message saying he was part of a sexually adventurous couple and they were seeking someone to take part in sex while his wife 'pretended to sleep'.He says he received a message, supposedly from Gisele Pelicot, saying she agreed to him coming over. Dogan then headed over to their home in the small southern town of Mazan that same evening, where he was led into the main bedroom. 'I started foreplay, I saw she didn't react. I said, 'She's dead, your wife.' (Dominique Pelicot) said, 'No, you're imagining it.' He penetrated her and she lifted up her head a little,' he said.Dogan said they continued for at least half an hour, until he clearly heard Gisele Pelicot snoring. He then decided to leave, he said.Reminded by one of the judges of the definition of rape – an act committed 'through violence, constraint, threat or surprise' – he initially conceded.'I admit it was rape,' he said.But at the end of the trial in the southern town of Avignon, Dogan again said he was not a rapist.His lawyer said the appeal hearing would give his client more time to present his case.