Overview

• The Vienna public prosecutor said several of the ten defendants from the recent trial are suspects in a separate case alleging sexual offenses against another 12-year-old.
• Prosecutor Judith Ziska confirmed another proceeding with partly the same accused, and media reports say seven of the ten are under investigation.
• According to reports citing LKA phone forensics, data point to a recurring modus operandi involving hotel room bookings and group encounters with underage girls.
• The court explained the earlier acquittals by citing contradictions in the first girl’s statements and by the narrower charges the prosecution pursued.
• Justice Minister Anna Sporrer announced plans to revise sexual-offense law toward an explicit consent standard known as “Only yes means yes.”