81-Year-Old German Fights Rape Charges – Says He Is impotent
An 81 year-old German man is standing trial for multiple rape charges. He claims he is innocent and that diabetes has made it impossible for him to get an erection.
His defense won a battle yesterday when the Federal Constitutional Court, Germany’s highest court, ruled that he could not be forced to have his potency tested.
A lower court had said that a hospital ultrasound and nocturnal checks could be carried out. Medical staff could use an “erectometer” by attaching a ring to his penis overnight and record any stiffening. nota completa