In the courtroom of Avignon, reality bends under the weight of unspeakable truths. Caroline Darian, seated beside her mother and siblings, confronts the darkest chapters of her family’s story. When the judge’s voice cuts through the heavy air, every word strikes like a blade, revealing wounds that have yet to heal and may never fully mend. The courtroom becomes a theater of anguish when Caroline hears that her father, Dominique Pelicot, not only drugged and abused her mother but also photographed her—his own daughter—while she lay unconscious, draped in the cruel remnants of a trust now shattered. The name of the folder, “My Daughter Naked,” found on his computer, is like a grim punch to the soul, a stark betrayal that sends Caroline fleeing from the room, her spirit visibly breaking.
Caroline Darian, the daughter of Dominique Pélicot, the monster on trial now for drugging his wife for the purpose of getting her raped by strangers and filming it.
So much to say about this. I don’t have time to translate right now, but if you understand French, listen. https://t.co/SBPuqfSkY6
— ystrïya (we/us) 🇺🇦 🇮🇱 (@yatakalam) September 3, 2024
The files on Pelicot’s computer tell a tale too dark for ordinary words—images of Caroline, posed and vulnerable, captured by a father whose love twisted into something vile and unrecognizable. She was dressed in her mother’s clothes, as if trying to mold her into a replica of his other victim, erasing boundaries and identities. These images, taken at their home near Paris, linger in the air like a foul stench, long before the family’s move to Provence in 2013.
Caroline has laid bare her trauma in a book titled “And I Stopped Calling You Daddy,” a raw account of the betrayal that turned her world upside down. Her writing speaks of nightmares that never fade, of a childhood lost to the machinations of a man who should have been her protector, not her predator. She is haunted by a chilling thought—did he allow others to violate her too? Her conviction that she was drugged, even if it was never proven, weighs heavily on every page.
Meanwhile, Dominique Pelicot’s other sins unfold like a horrific tapestry in the courtroom. Charged with aggravated rape, he stands accused of drugging his wife, Gisele, and orchestrating her assault by 72 different men, all recruited from a dark corner of the internet—a forum grotesquely named “Without Her Knowledge.” Over 20,000 images reveal the extent of his depravity, his wife lying comatose, unaware of the violations being committed upon her.
Aujourd’hui s’ouvre le procès du géniteur de Caroline Darian, accusé d’avoir usé de soumission chimique sur sa femme. Nous vous conseillons de découvrir l’important témoignage de Caroline Darian, “Et j’ai cessé de t’appeler papa”, pour comprendre son histoire. pic.twitter.com/uxIUeAoGab
— HarperCollins 📚 France (@HarperCollinsFR) September 2, 2024
The men who answered Dominique’s call are a gallery of shadows—fifty-one identified, each dragged into the light of the court. Their defenses are as varied as they are disturbing. Some claim ignorance, believing it was all a game, a fantasy spun by a couple seeking thrill in darkness. Others insist they were under Dominique’s spell, manipulated into acts they would never have committed on their own. Yet, the judge’s words slice through their excuses, cold and clear: none had spoken to Gisele, none had her consent. She was in a state “closer to a coma than to sleep,” and each man knew the silence was not voluntary but enforced through deceit and drugs.
Dominique orchestrated every encounter with chilling precision. He issued rules—no perfume, no cigarettes, no noise. The men were to undress outside the bedroom and leave at the first sign of consciousness. It was a ritual of control, every detail meticulously planned to maintain his facade and his wife’s oblivion. The videos seized show Dominique directing these acts, a conductor in a macabre symphony, each note a further descent into darkness.
🧐“Mon père a drogué ma mère pendant près de 10 ans à coup de somnifère et d’anxiolytiques pour abuser d’elle et la faire abuser par des hommes” – Caroline Darian – fondatrice du mouvement MendorsPas #crime #abus #viol @YvesPDB #MendorsPas pic.twitter.com/ddcU3O7tMJ
— Didier (@LetItShine69) September 1, 2024
The court proceedings are a painful unraveling, a slow march through a landscape of betrayal and violation. Dominique admits his guilt, but his words are hollow, incapable of capturing the depth of his crimes. The trial is not just about justice—it’s about piecing together a reality fractured by one man’s grotesque desires, about understanding how love can twist into something so monstrous that it defies comprehension. And as the days pass in that courtroom, the quest for truth and accountability continues, a long and winding road through the shadowed ruins of a once-normal life.
Major Points
- Caroline Darian, her mother, and siblings are in court facing the horrific actions of her father, Dominique Pelicot, who not only drugged and abused her mother but also took explicit photos of Caroline while she was unconscious.
- Evidence presented in court reveals a chilling narrative; Pelicot kept photos of his daughter in a folder named “My Daughter Naked” and dressed her in her mother’s clothes, suggesting a deliberate and disturbing manipulation of identities and boundaries.
- Caroline, who has written a book titled “And I Stopped Calling You Daddy,” details her trauma and raises suspicions of further abuses, expressing the anguish of a lost childhood and unresolved fears of being drugged and violated.
- Dominique Pelicot is also on trial for aggravated rape, having allegedly drugged his wife, Gisele, and orchestrated her assault by 72 men found on a forum called “Without Her Knowledge.” Over 20,000 images document these crimes, with Gisele unconscious and unaware.
Fallon Jacobson – Reprinted with permission of Whatfinger News