Lauri Tähkä’s charge of a sexual crime failed in the district court.
Lauri Tähkä’s sexual crime charge was dropped. Sonja Saarinen
Iltalehti reported today that the artist Lauri Tähkän the charge of sexual crime was dropped in the district court of Kanta-Häme.
Cob’s lawyer Riitta Leppiniemi describes to Iltalehte the artist’s feelings about the court’s decision.
– He is relieved by the solution, Leppiniemi, who spoke with Tähkä, commented on behalf of the singer.
The prosecutor demanded Tähkä, by his real name Jarkko Suoconviction for forcing a sexual act.
According to the prosecutor, Tähkä forced the person concerned to commit sexual acts in a hotel room in Hämeenlinna on October 28, 2022.
Lauri Tähkä was accused of forcing a sexual act. Esko Tuovinen
According to the district court, it was undisputed that Tähkä and the concerned owner went alone to Tähkä’s hotel room at around 5:30 in the morning. The plaintiff left the room about three quarters of an hour later.
According to his story, Tähkä doesn’t remember the events in the hotel room because of his drunken state. Nevertheless, he denied any sexual or physical intercourse with the person concerned. He said that he urged the person concerned to leave the hotel room in a low-key tone.
Although the court found the story of the person concerned to be credible and detailed in itself, the threshold for sentencing was not exceeded. There were two district judges and their votes were tied. Thus, Tähkä’s milder opinion won.
The charge was processed during the fall of 2023 in the district court of Kanta-Häme over two days.
Tähkä briefly commented on his thoughts to the media on the first day of the hearing.
– It feels really bad. I haven’t done anything wrong, Tähkä said at the time firmly.