Overview

• Caroline Darian told The Telegraph she no longer speaks to her mother, saying she felt abandoned during the Avignon proceedings and was told to “stop making a spectacle of yourself.”
• She says police showed her a deleted folder titled “My Daughter Naked” containing photos of her asleep, which led her to believe her father also abused her.
• Dominique Pelicot was sentenced in December 2024 to 20 years in prison for drugging his wife and arranging assaults by men he recruited online.
• The court found 47 men guilty of rape, two guilty of attempted rape, and two guilty of sexual assault, while investigators say more than 20 perpetrators remain unidentified.
• Darian says she feels like a “forgotten victim” as her mother gained public attention after the case.