Yes, this seems like something Garrido would do to rape his victims or to make the girls more submissive, considering he's a junkie and he actually did this before as a rapist (Calloway with hash). And, I must admit, it helps makes sense of why the girls' behavior seem so different now versus when they were at Berkeley. However, I would not trust the National Enquirer. On certain stories (e.g., OJ Simpson, John Edwards) they are oddly enough the paper of record. However, they have already shown themselves to flat-out wrong with the business photo nonsense. And it's not like it was that difficult to figure out it was either not true or the source was not credible, yet they made it seem like it was true. Even if it had been Dugard, it was cruel to publish photos of a (child) rape victim against her will.
@JJenny: Even if Dugard was totally submissive to Garrido, it would still be rape, a violation, what he was obsessed with. I don't think he stopped raping Dugard simply because her resistance decreased or stopped. He already admitted to Callaway he didn't desire anti-female sadism *as much* as he desired total (misogynistic) control and he had that with Dugard as his captive. Personally, I think it's sadistic to control another human being that way, but it helps to try and distinguish his motives. In that case Callaway told him why not pull over and rape her in the nearby bushes. He flatly rejected that, telling her she had "no choice" over the matter, insisting on driving for hours to Reno. Hence, the bizarre world he forced Dugard and her girls to live in where he played "God."
Obviously, I doubt he was a benevolent dictator, if there is such a thing, considering that absolute power corrupts absolutely, but it seems Garrido stopped raping Dugard for other reasons than her being too submissive. Especially, since I'm guessing she was submissive from the beginning considering she was but a child who was desperate to just survive.