The crimes were discovered in September after Dominique was arrested for taking upskirt photographs of women in a supermarket; the ensuing police investigation uncovered thousands of images and videos on his computer equipment of men raping his wife. The trial of Dominique and 50 other men accused of rape, attempted rape or sexual assault began in Avignon on 2 September , and concluded on 16 December, with verdicts delivered on 19 December.
All were convicted, with Dominique receiving the maximum year prison term. The trial drew attention to drug-facilitated sexual assault and issues around consent. She met her husband, who she said had a tough childhood, when she was twenty. She worked in administration at the state electricity company , while Dominique worked as an electrician and an estate agent and set up a number of businesses which ultimately failed. The couple lived in the Paris area and had three children.
The couple were divorced for a short period for financial reasons before remarrying. Dominique was arrested on 12 September after he had been apprehended by a security guard for upskirting women using his mobile phone at an E. Leclerc supermarket in Carpentras , near Mazan. On a USB stick connected to Dominique's computer, investigators found a folder called "abuses" containing more than 20, images and videos of his unconscious wife being raped.
Images were also found on Dominique's computer of his daughters-in-law in the shower, which had been taken with a hidden camera, and of his semi-naked daughter Caroline Darian unconscious on a bed as if she had been drugged. Dominique was re-arrested on 2 November and charged with aggravated rape , drugging, and other sexual offences.
He was also accused of violating the privacy of his wife, daughter, and two daughters-in-law by covertly taking and disseminating intimate images of them. He immediately admitted his guilt. Questioned about her sex life, she said she had never taken part in wife swapping or threesomes. It was only when shown further images that she recognised herself.
