Gisèle Pelicot’s daughter claims she and her mother no longer speak

• Caroline Darian, the daughter of Gisèle Pelicot, believes her mother denies Ms Darian's potential abuse by her father, Dominique Pelicot, as a form of self-protection. The pair no longer speak.
• Ms Darian claims her mother is unable to acknowledge that she was likely drugged by her father due to the taboo nature of incest in France.
• Dominique Pelicot was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2024 for drugging and raping his wife and arranging for other men to rape her, resulting in 51 convictions.
• Ms Darian claims she was also a victim of chemical submission by her father after discovering pictures of herself unconscious and partially undressed, but lacks concrete evidence of sexual abuse.
• Ms Darian has written a book about her experiences and founded the campaign “Don't Put Me Under: Stop Chemical Submission”.

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Caroline Darian says mother Gisèle Pelicot would ‘die’ if she acknowledged her daughter was also a potential victim