A Dutch man was found guilty Tuesday of removing a condom during sex without his partner’s consent.
However, the Dordrecht District Court ruled that sex was consensual, thus acquitting the man accused of rape.
The court concluded that “by the suspect’s actions, the victim was coerced into accepting unprotected sex. In doing so, the suspect restricted the victim’s personal freedoms, which the victim had placed upon him.” It abused trust,” the court said.
The suspect then sent the victim texts such as “You are fine,” AFP reported, citing the court.
Other courts have also grappled with this phenomenon in recent years. In Germany, in 2018, a Berlin court found him guilty of sexual assault and sentenced him to an eight-month suspended sentence for secretly removing a condom during intercourse, and the victim was ordered to pay damages of approximately €3,100. A suspended sentence was reduced to six months for him on first appeal.
2021, California legislators created the state First U.S. ban on ‘stealth’ outlaw Removing a condom without verbal consent. But it didn’t change the criminal law. Instead, we will amend the Civil Code so that victims can sue perpetrators for damages, including punitive damages.
In the Dordrecht case, a 28-year-old man from Rotterdam was given a three-month suspended prison sentence and was not required to serve the sentence unless he committed another crime and was required to pay the victim €1,000. Damages ordered ($1,073).
In another case, a judge acquitted a 25-year-old man after discovering he had never removed his condom.
While there are no specific laws banning “stealth” in the Netherlands, this is the first ruling on plagiarism, and similar rulings have been issued in countries such as Germany, Switzerland and New Zealand, public broadcaster NOS said. said.
a 2017 Yale study Both men and women have been found to be victims of stealth. Researchers also found that victims not only feared contracting a sexually transmitted disease or an unwanted pregnancy, but also described the experience as a “helpless and humiliating violation of sexual consent.” bottom.
AFP contributed to this report.
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