Lydia Gouardo
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- Raymond Gouardo (stepfather) (father)
- Lucienne Gouardo (stepmother) (mother)
Lydia Gouardo | |
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| Born | 13 November 1962 |
| Known for | Being imprisoned, raped and tortured by her stepfather |
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Lydia Gouardo (born 13 November 1962) is a French woman, born in Maisons-Alfort, Val-de-Marne,[1] who was imprisoned for 28 years, raped, and tortured by her stepfather, Raymond Gouardo, in their home in Meaux and Coulommes in Seine et Marne. The abuse took place from 1971 to 1999.
Lydia gave birth to six children, all by her stepfather, who was born in Paris on 24 May 1937.[2] During her imprisonment, she escaped and phoned legal aid, but her stepfather recaptured her in a family residence in Melun.[1] She was finally freed on 20 November 1999 when her stepfather died.[3] The abuse started when she was eight years old.[4]
Lydia claimed to have run away from her stepfather when he hit her too hard but was always brought back by the police when she was a minor. She claimed to have not realized that the abuse was unusual. She bears the scars of her torture from her neck to her ankles from where her captor burned her with boiling water and hydrochloric acid. She still lives in the same house with the attic where she was locked up in, but she does not venture up there anymore.[4]
