Why Gisèle Pelicot and her daughter 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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