Gisele Pelicot faces harrowing ordeal of going through her trial AGAIN after ten defendants threaten to appeal
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Gisele Pelicot faces the harrowing ordeal of going through her trial again as it is revealed that as many as ten defendants are considering appealing the ruling. Beatrice Zavarro, Dominique Pelicot's lawyer, said he might be among those considering appealing, which would mean challenging his 20-year prison sentence for orchestrating and committing the mass rape of his now-ex wife.
![[This court-sketch made on December 19, 2024 in Avignon shows the court during the hearing of the verdict of the court that sentenced Dominique Pelicot to the maximum term of 20 years jail]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/20/09/93347029-14213261-image-a-2_1734685876729.jpg)
He is likely to die behind bars. Under French law, defendants have an automatic right to force a retrial through right of appeal. Speaking outside court after the sentences were handed out yesterday, Pelicot's lawyer said her client was 'stunned' at the judges' decision to hand him the maximum sentence, as well as the suggestion that he could be kept in longer if he was still considered a security threat.
![[Gisele Pelicot leaves the courthouse surrounded by French police and journalists after the verdict in the trial for Dominique Pelicot and 50 co-accused, in Avignon, France, December 19, 2024]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/20/09/93317913-14213261-Frenchwoman_Gisele_Pelicot_the_victim_of_an_alleged_mass_rape_or-a-4_1734685947300.jpg)
Zavarro note that no decision had yet been made on whether Pelicot will lodge an appeal, which he is able to do for the next ten days. The historic trial in Avignon, southern France, lasted three months and took place before five judges. 51 men were sentenced to more than 400 collective years behind bars with all of Pelicot's accomplices found guilty of sex crimes with 46 convicted of rape, two of attempted rape ad two of sexual assault.
![[Serial rapist Dominique Pelicot is likely to die behind bars after being sentenced to 20 years in prison for the campaign of abuse he and dozens of strangers waged against his wife Gisele]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/20/09/89199093-14213261-Serial_rapist_Dominique_Pelicot_is_already_likely_to_die_behind_-a-5_1734685985254.jpg)
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, talks to journalists, surrounded by relatives and her lawyers, after the verdict in the trial for Dominique Pelicot and 50 co-accused, at the courthouse in Avignon, France, December 19, 2024.
![[In a selfie snapped by her cruel and abusive spouse, Gisele is seen beaming at the camera held by her then-spouse at a sun-soaked marina]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/20/09/93323911-14213261-In_a_selfie_snapped_by_her_cruel_and_abusive_spouse_Gisele_is_se-a-6_1734686006711.jpg)
