Gisèle Pélicot's Daughter: 'A Monster' Who 'Should Die in Prison'

Gisèle Pélicot's daughter suspects that her father may have drugged and sexually assaulted her as well, calling him a 'monster' who 'deserves to spend his life in prison.'

In December, Gisèle Pélicot’s former spouse received a 20-year prison sentence for drugging her and orchestrating the rape of numerous men in their home in France over nearly a decade. Now, her daughter has come forward to express her own concerns regarding potential abuse at the hands of the convicted individual.

In contrast to her mother’s situation, there is currently no evidence to substantiate Darian's claims against Pélicot.

In a recent interview, Caroline Darian, the daughter of Gisèle and Dominique Pélicot, both aged 72, expressed her conviction that her father also drugged her, believing that he did so with the intent to sexually exploit her. However, she lacks concrete proof.

Darian, 46, recounted that her suspicions began to surface when police presented her with photographs taken by Dominique while she was asleep. Reflecting on her initial reaction to the two images found on her father's computer, a moment she had previously disclosed during her court testimony, Darian noted that she did not immediately recognize herself.

“I lived a dissociation effect. I had difficulties recognizing myself from the start,” she said of the photos, which, according to the outlet, show her unconscious in a bed, wearing just underwear and a shirt.

“Then the police officer said, 'Look, you have the same brown mark on your cheek ... it's you.' I looked at those two photos differently then,” she recalled, adding that she also saw a similarity between the photos and those that were taken of Gisèle throughout the abuse she suffered at the hands of Dominique and other men.

“I was laying on my left side like my mother, in all her pictures,” said Darian, who has since written a book, I'll Never Call Him Dad Again (out Jan. 14), about her family's trauma.

Dominique refuted the allegations of mistreating his daughter and provided an alternative account regarding the images of her unresponsive in bed, as stated by her. However, she remains skeptical of his claims.

"I know that he drugged me, probably for sexual abuse,” Darian said of her father. But unlike the case of her mother’s decade-long abuse, “I don't have any evidence,” “And that's the case for how many victims? They are not believed because there's no evidence,” Darian added. “They're not listened to, not supported."

Almost a month following her husband's sentencing, Darian reported that Gisèle is "recovering" and "doing well." However, she is also contending with the "terrible burden" of being the daughter of both the victim and the perpetrator of sexual abuse.

Gisèle indicated that her relationship with Dominique has transformed beyond that of a typical father-daughter dynamic. She expressed that reflecting on her childhood has become challenging, and she seldom refers to the convicted rapist as her father—only doing so inadvertently.

"When I look back, I don't really remember the father that I thought he was. I look straight to the criminal, the sexual criminal he is,” Darian said. “But,” she continued, “I have his DNA and the main reason why I am so engaged for invisible victims is also for me a way to put a real distance with this guy. I am totally different from Dominique.”

Darian added that her father was “not sick,” but rather a “monster” who “knew perfectly well what he did.” She also believes that he “should die in prison.”

“He is a dangerous man,” she said of Dominique, adding that “there is no way he can get out of prison. No way."

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