Overview
- Prosecutors accuse the 30-year-old of multiple serious rapes from 2015 to 2022, with some assaults allegedly filmed and uploaded, involving six women in locations in Germany and Switzerland.
- At the opening hearing, the defense said only one rape is conceded while claiming the other sexual encounters were consensual within a preference for dominant sex.
- The defendant admitted secretly recording and posting sexual videos and acknowledged possessing child‑pornographic material as well as unlawfully holding weapons, ammunition and explosives.
- Investigators say items seized in 2022 included munitions covered by the War Weapons Control Act, with some reportedly originating from Bundeswehr stocks.
- He was arrested in Ukraine’s Sumy region in February and transferred via Poland to Germany, and the court has scheduled seven hearing days through December 16.