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She knows she is not wrong she knows he must have done serious things and she will get to the bottom of it

Catherine Porter is an international reporter for The Times covering France

Florian Pelicot's 18-year marriage ended and he started the process of getting a paternity test after his father raised doubts he was his son

Near the end of the trial Ms Darian darted across the courtroom to the glass box for the accused during a recess for a quick last private word with the man who had been her father

She will go all the way for her personal dignity

You cannot save yourself and rebuild yourself and also help your children to rebuild themselves too

One of her lawyers says she will not speak publicly before appeals of the convictions are heard if ever

Opening her mind to his sister's accusations would have made her collapse

Her relationship with her mother will never be the same again

Florian Pelicot said he believed their mother showed enormous strength in facing the horrors her husband and dozens of other men inflicted upon her

While she is sure her father abused her her mother was more equivocal

She hollered you are lying you do not have the courage to tell the truth near the end of the trial when her father denied abusing her

She is not just any victim she was his daughter

You will die with your lies alone with your lies

The two are no longer speaking

Her father's refusal to acknowledge the evidence was the ultimate betrayal

During the trial Ms Pelicot remained calm Ms Darian was a cyclone of emotion

In 2020 all foundations as children crumbled

The first was raped and murdered the second escaped an attempted rape and took refuge in a closet

Part way through the trial she announced on Instagram she was checking herself into a clinic to sleep again