‘My Father Let 72 Men Rape My Mother’: Daughter Of Frenchman Reveals He Kept Her Pictures In

French man Dominique Pelicot, who invited over 72 strangers to rape his drugged wife over the course of 10 years, kept pictures of her daughter, front and back, in her underwear. Dominique’s daughter Caroline Darian broke down as the court heard that among his father’s photos were pictures of her.

Earlier the court had heard that Dominique, 71, filmed his daughter in a compromising position in 2013. He saved the clips and photos under the filename ‘My Daughter Naked’.

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‘I Never Touched My Daughter’: Dominique Pelicot

Upon being asked if he was sexually attracted to his daughter, Dominique said, “She’s not my type. She’s much younger than I am used to.” He further added, “I never touched my daughter.”

The court heard that Dominique recruited strangers from all walks of life on web forums to rape his wife after he drugged her with powerful tranquillisers. He saved the videos detailing her abuse under file names such as ‘Her Rapists’, ‘Abuse’ and ‘My Slut’.

According to The Telegraph report, Dominique’s daughter, Caroline said his father “always had money problems” but he didn’t profit from her mother’s assault. “He purely did it for his pleasure,” Caroline said.

Dominique consumed Viagra and tested himself for HIV. Sometimes he would forbid men who raped his wife in a drugged state from wearing a condom.

The case would not have come to notice if Dominique had not been arrested for taking photographs up the skirts of female supermarket shoppers. Commissioner Jerome Bosse Platiere said that France’s most harrowing rape case initially started as a routine voyeurism investigation.

However, the direction shifted dramatically when an SD card was discovered containing a photo of the unconscious victim, naked and wearing a garter belt.

Upon searching the Pelicots’ retirement chalet in the village of Mazan, police found approximately 20,000 images documenting the wife being assaulted by 72 different men.

The rapes happened between 2011 and 2020.