Overview

• The defendant has been held in pretrial detention since March after prosecutors brought nine counts of sexual offenses against female students.
• Charges include multiple rapes of a 17-year-old in secluded forest areas and coerced oral sex during an Autobahn lesson.
• One student testified to unwanted touching under the guise of instruction and has since entered therapy.
• In opening statements at Landgericht Hechingen, the instructor denied all allegations and said any encounters were consensual, apologizing only to his wife.
• The court has planned three more hearing days this summer before a potential verdict on August 21.