The tension was palpable… For several weeks, the Mazan rape trial has continued. Tuesday November 19, 2024, Dominique Pélicot admitted that subduing a rebellious woman was his fantasy. After having assured to have known “two gods” in his life, his mother and Gisèle Pelicot, he indicated: “If I came to do what I did through people who voluntarily accepted what I proposed, it was to subdue a rebellious woman. It was my fantasy, selfish, without making her suffer. Take my mobile as you want, but that’s how it is..
Convinced of having been abused by her father, Caroline Darian, asked him to tell the truth. “I maintain that I never touched my children and grandchildren whom I love very much”assured the accused. Me Antoine Camus, Caroline Darian’s lawyer then reminded the latter that it was “the last opportunity to interact with your children”.
Dominique Pélicot: “Frankly Caroline, I have never done anything to you…”
“Do you agree to provide him with an explanation that you have not given him, on these photos and this deleted ‘my naked girl’ file. Do you agree to provide an audible and human response?“, he added.
Assuring that he was not trying to convince her, Dominique Pélicot indicated: “I don’t remember taking her photos. She knows herself better than me. If I had, I would say so. I say it straight to the face, I never touched her. I am sad to see certain things. Honestly, Caroline, I’ve never done anything to you…”. Red with anger, the young woman immediately interrupted him.
Caroline Darian: “You will die a lie”
Angry, Gisèle Pélicot’s daughter blurted out: “You lie, you lie, you don’t have the courage to tell the truth, even about your ex-wife. You will die in lies. You are alone in lies. It’s a shame for you, you have no face“. Monday November 18, 2024, already before the Vaucluse criminal court, it had considered having been “the great forgotten one” of the Mazan rape trial. “The only difference between her and me is the lack of evidence concerning me. For me, this is an absolute tragedy”she confided.
Speaking directly to her father, Caroline Darian confided: “In your disgusting files, (…) you do not look at me as a father looks at his daughter, but in an incestuous way. But
you will never have the courage to tell the truth.
For me, this trial (…) is also the historic trial of chemical submission in France. I work behind the scenes, I challenge the public authorities. But at what cost? That of my mental health, at the cost of my survival and my personal repair”. Despite everything, the young woman assured that she would not
“wouldn’t let go” and that she was “committed to the end”.
