twenty years in prison for a father who raped his teenage daughter and handed her over to other men

On Friday, November 22, the Var criminal court sentenced a 38-year-old man to twenty years of criminal imprisonment, the maximum sentence, for regularly raping his teenage daughter and handing her over to strangers, who raped her. The father's conviction was accompanied by a two-thirds security period.

In this case which, in certain aspects, recalls that of the Mazan rapes tried in Avignon, the only one of these rapists identified by the investigators, who appeared free, was sentenced to sixteen years of criminal imprisonment, with a committal warrant. Convictions in accordance with the requisitions of the attorney general, Estelle Bois.

Since Wednesday, the trial has highlighted the father's control over his daughter, whose meetings, outings and social networks he controlled. He began to force frequent sexual relations on her when she was only 13 years old, combining cajoling, insults and threats.

Attackers recruited on sites

He also delivered her to other men, often much older, recruited on classified ad sites, such as Wannonce. On this site, he claimed that they were a couple of 26 and 20 years old looking to fulfill a fantasy. Blindfolded, the young girl had to submit to the desires of these men in the presence of her father, who directed, participated and filmed.

The second accused, a sixty-year-old with no criminal record, father of six children, was confused thanks to the geolocation of one of the numerous pornographic photos and videos of the teenager found on the father's devices. With his head bowed, he declared before his judges that he had been trapped, ensuring that he had adhered to the story of the fantasy of domination of an adult couple, without subsequently asking for the consent of the young girl since the man who 'accompanied gave it to him.

In the photos shown at the hearing, however, the young age and distress of the teenager are not in doubt. “Things went wrong. Instead of reacting like a responsible man, he went to the end of his pleasure and closed his eyes”recognized his lawyer, M^e Christophe Mairet, while insisting that the verdict distinguish between the repeated rapes of the father and the moment of his client's wandering.

“It's not about love, it's about power”

The father admitted the facts and promised not to appeal. “After three years of detention, I had time to think”he explained. However, during the investigation, and again during the hearing, he continued to mention a sentimental relationship with the teenager, who was not his biological daughter but whom he recognized and raised. He thus maintained that he had only given in to her demands.

“It's not about love, it's about power and domination”thundered the general counsel, Estelle Bois. “He doesn't like [sa fille]he likes to have all the power over her, that she belongs to him, that she obeys him”. “At that moment, this father-daughter relationship seemed normal to me”said the young girl, accompanied for three days by Neige, a golden retriever made available to her for the first time at the Draguignan court by a victims' assistance association.

Three years ago, it was she who put an end to her ordeal by fleeing, while the violence and humiliations were increasing. One night in August 2021, in Cavalaire-sur-Mer, a passerby on vacation seeing her running in tears approached her, listened to her and took care of her, even accompanying her to the gendarmes while the father made multiple calls and calls. text messages. Now 18 years old, the young girl looks forward and wishes “close the book and move on”thanks to a boyfriend his age and a CAP hairdressing project.