


Speaking out for the first time since dozens of men, including her ex-husband, were convicted of raping her while she was deeply sedated, Gisèle Pelicot rose in another French courtroom on Wednesday to denounce the single man who is appealing his conviction.
She spoke quickly. She was angry.
“I would have thought in one year, he would have reflected on what happened and not be in denial,” she said.
“You haven’t understood. When are you going to recognize you raped me? It’s a crime to rape an unconscious woman. When did I ever give you consent? Never.”
Ms. Pelicot, 72, became a national hero in France last year as a victim of serial rape who announced she would not feel ashamed, allowed her name to be made public and opened her personal horror to the public.
Dominique Pelicot, her husband at the time of the crimes, admitted to mixing drugs in her meals and drinks for almost a decade, and then offering up her unconscious body to strangers he met online.
In December, Mr. Pelicot and dozens of other men were found guilty of rape, and given prison sentences ranging from three to 20 years. One of them, Husamettin Dogan, is appealing the verdict and his nine-year sentence.