Drugged and Abused: No More Shame

Drugged and Abused: No More Shame

2025 · 94 min · Documentary, Crime

Caroline Darian, Gisèle Pelicot's daughter, looks back on the tragedy that shook her family: for ten years, her father drugged her mother to subject her to rapes committed by strangers recruited on the Internet. This case exposes the scandal of chemical submission, a practice where attackers, generally close to the victims, use prescription or over-the-counter medications to commit their crimes. This phenomenon, far from being marginal, affects victims with varied profiles...

Directed by Linda Bendali · Written by Andréa Rawlins-Gaston

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