Did Physical Therapist Abuse His Stepdaughter For Years?

Raoul S. (52) in the Berlin district court.  Among other things, he has to answer for rape.  There are a total of 17 felonies and misdemeanors

Raoul S. (52) in the Berlin district court. Among other things, he has to answer for rape. There are a total of 17 felonies and misdemeanors Photo: Olaf Wagner

By Anne Losensky

A physiotherapist is said to have sexually abused his stepdaughter in Pankow for four years. The child was initially 13 years old.

Now the family man is before the Berlin district court. The indictment accuses Raoul S. (52), among other things, of rape, it is about 17 crimes and misdemeanors.

The state-certified physiotherapist is silent in court. The girl reported him in December 2019, more than a year after the last case indicted.

The crimes are said to have occurred during the summer holidays of 2015 in a holiday home in Bavaria, several times on the dryer in the bathroom of the Pankow family apartment and in their kitchen, while the mother was putting the other children to bed.

The girl is 22 years old today. She testified at the trial behind closed doors. The stepfather faces several years in prison.

Judgment on July 6th.

Subjects:

district court process

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