Paris:
The daughter of convicted French rapist Dominique Pelicot mentioned Thursday she had filed a criticism towards her father accusing him of sexual abuse, after he was jailed for repeatedly sedating and raping her mom Gisele Pelicot together with dozens of strangers.
Caroline Darian, whose dad and mom are actually divorced, filed the criticism on Wednesday, accusing Dominique Pelicot of drugging her and committing “sexual abuse” towards her, she advised AFP.
She mentioned she took authorized motion as a “message to all victims” of sexual abuse who had been drugged not to surrender.
Darian has mentioned she suspects Dominique Pelicot abused her too after footage of her bare and unconscious physique had been discovered among the many detailed information he stored of his crimes.
Dominique Pelicot, 72, has at all times denied he abused his daughter.
“Sure, he denied it, however he additionally lied a number of occasions and gave completely different variations of the story through the two and a half years of the investigation,” Darian mentioned.
Gisele Pelicot, 72, final yr grew to become a feminist icon for her braveness throughout trial of her former husband for mass rape whereas they had been married.
She had insisted that the trial be held in public and waived her proper to anonymity.
A court docket in southern France in December sentenced him to twenty years for drugging and raping her and alluring dozens of males to do the identical for nearly a decade.
His 50 co-defendants had been additionally discovered responsible and handed numerous sentences of between three and 15 years.
“We clearly noticed in court docket that at no time was Dominique able to telling the entire reality about what occurred,” Darian added.
Darian has campaigned for consciousness about the usage of medicine to commit sexual abuse, and in 2022 wrote a guide concerning the household’s ordeal, “Et j’ai cesse de t’appeler papa” (“And I finished calling you dad”).
Her new guide about victims of sexual abuse, titled “For us to recollect” (“Pour que l’on se souvienne”), hit bookstands on Wednesday.
“Rebuilding requires recognition of my standing as a sufferer,” she advised AFP, including: “I do know that the highway remains to be lengthy”.
Past “my private case”, the criticism filed this week represents “a message despatched to all victims”, she mentioned.
“It will be significant for me to convey this message in order that different victims” of chemical sedation can “inform themselves that there are issues to do, there are cures, and we mustn’t ever quit”.
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