Gisele Pelicot is a symbol of the fight against sexual violence following a trial that shook France. Photo: AP PHOTO

Less than a year after the landmark verdict in a drugging and rape trial that shook France and turned Gisele Pelicot into a global icon, an appeals court is set to hear the case of a man challenging his conviction.

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Husamettin Dogan, sentenced to nine years in prison last December, denies he intended to rape Pelicot.

He argues that he was deceived by Dominique Pelicot, Gisele Pelicot's ex-husband, who drugged his wife and offered her to strangers online before filming

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