A shocking family rift has emerged after the trial of Dominique Pelicot, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for drugging and raping his wife, Gisèle Pelicot, over nearly a decade.
Their daughter, Caroline Darian, revealed she no longer speaks to her mother. She told The Telegraph: “My mother let go of my hand in that courtroom. She abandoned me.” Caroline claims she, too, was drugged and possibly abused by her father but says her mother never believed her.
For years, Darian stood beside Gisèle, attending court and offering support. Now she says she feels erased from the story: “We no longer have a father or a mother, today.”
The case, which exposed horrific abuse and shocked the world, has left deep scars within the family. While Gisèle became a symbol of survival, her daughter insists the hidden truth is that the family remains “damaged and alone.”
This heartbreaking split raises painful questions: can public justice ever heal private wounds?
