On Tuesday, during the second day of the trial, Dominique Pelico, who organized the rapes of his wife Giselle before pumping her with psychotropic substances and is serving a 20-year sentence, testified as a witness and confirmed that he did not intend to hide the truth. He also noted that he “didn’t force anyone” to have sex with Gisele.
Dogan disputes the charges in court, he claims that he did not know that the woman was under the influence of drugs, and considered himself a participant in the “swinger game” of the spouses. According to investigators, Dogan performed sexual acts with an unconscious woman, and testimony indicates that he was aware of her condition.
The article states that Dogan arrived in Mazan on June 28, 2019 after arranging a meeting on a closed dating site. According to Peliko’s testimony and the investigation, he committed various types of sexual violence against the woman. On the computers and storage media of the victim's husband, 107 photographs and 14 videos from that evening were found.
Although Dogan says he was unaware of the victim's condition, witnesses and investigators say he realized the woman was under the influence of drugs.
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Pelico, 71, was accused of slipping anti-anxiety drugs into his wife's dinner for a decade and using online platforms to invite men to his home. Under the influence of psychotropic substances, the woman was unconscious, so strangers freely sexually abused her. The Washington Post reported in December 2024 that 51 of the 72 rapists had been identified.
