France rape case: Accused asked granddaughters to pose naked, says daughter-in-law

The French rape case where a man drugged his wife and invited strangers to rape her has shocked the world. Several more skeletons are tumbling out of the closets, including the revelation that he photographed his own daughter naked.

Trigger warning: Some readers may find the details in this report disturbing. Discretion is advised.

Now, one of his daughters-in-law has said that she once caught him masturbating and that he also asked his granddaughter to pose naked for him.

Add WION as a Preferred Source

Recalling the shocking incident, Aurore Lemaire told the court that in 2020, her young daughters asked Dominique to buy them a toy at a supermarket.

"He replied, ‘I’d be very happy to get it for you if you pose naked for me,'" she said.

The police also found pictures of her in the shower which Dominique secretly took.

"Police also found pictures of me, naked in the shower. It was a real shock," she added.

Earlier, his daughter, 45-year-old Caroline Darian (pen name), told the court that she thinks he drugged her too and took pictures after the police showed her photos of her lying unconscious on a bed in her mother’s underwear.

'Worst sexual criminal'

“How are we supposed to rebuild ourselves when we know," she said, calling him “one of the worst sexual criminals in the past 20 years”.

Also Read:Among dozens of men invited by husband to rape his wife, one was an HIV patient

Darian also talked about the moment her mother told her about the abuse in 2020. “My life was literally turned upside down,” Darian said. “My mother said, 'I spent most of the day at the police station. Your father drugged me to rape me with strangers. I was made to look at the photos.'"

She left the courtroom in tears on Tuesday after the presiding judge on the second day of the trial talked about the photos of Darian found on Dominique Pélicot’s computer in a folder titled “Around my daughter, naked”.

Dominique had been keeping records of his wife's abuse which were discovered after he was caught by the police filming up women’s skirts in a supermarket.

Gisèle Pélicot, 71, says for years she had been experiencing strange memory lapses until she was contacted by police.

She waved off the anonymity clause and requested the trial of her husband to be public in order to raise awareness about the use of drugs to commit sexual abuse. A list of 72 suspects has been drawn up, with so far 50 identified, aged between 26 and 74 and all on trial.