Man sentenced to prison for raping daughter in France

An unidentified man, has been sentenced by a court in southeast France to 20 years in prison for raping his teenage daughter.

The 38 year old man who was sentenced on Friday, was also found guilty of offering her up to strangers for sex, many of them much older, who he contacted through online classified ads.

Prosecutor Estelle Bois who handled the case described how the father exercised total control over the young girl, his adoptive daughter.

He stated that the father has been forcing sexual acts on his daughter from the age of 13.

The father claimed to the other men that he and his daughter were both consenting adults living out a sexual fantasy.

“This is not about love, but about power and domination. He doesn’t love (his daughter), he loves having total control over her, her belonging to him, her obeying him,” prosecutor Bois said.

The father also admitted to the accusations, but claimed in court that he had a loving relationship with the young girl and had responded to her initiating sexual contact.