Criminal case Lisa F.

In the Criminal case Lisa F., German police conducts criminal investigations against two men, one Turkish citizen and one German citizen of Turkish origin, who are suspected to have had sexual contact with the 13-year-old girl, which would be a criminal offence under German law even if happened voluntarily.[1] Though the circumstances are unclear yet, the Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov accused German authorities of hushing up the case.[1] German foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier rejected the allegations and warned Russia of "politicising" the case.[1][2] After the Russian media extensively covered the story and reported the girl to be mistreated and held as a "sex slave", many Russian Germans reacted with anger and held demonstrations in several parts of Germany, amongst others in front of the Bundeskanzleramt in Berlin on January 24.[1]

Incidents

On 11 January Lisa F. (name shortened in accordance with German privacy law), a 13-year old Russian-German girl with dual citizenship from Berlin-Marzahn, disappeared on her way to school.[1][3] Her parents reported her missing at the police. The following day she was back and told her parents that she had been abducted by three unknown men of "southern" or "Arab" origin, who didn't speak German well.[4] Furthermore, she told the police initially that she was beaten and raped. During further questioning the girl told another version of the case, in which she went along with the men voluntarily. A spokesman for the prosecutor's office said: "We proceed from consensual sexual contact."[1] Also Berlin police denied that there has been an abduction or rape,[4] but nonetheless conducted further criminal investigations against the two suspects.[1] Relatives of Lisa stuck to the allegations, which the girl raised at first.[1]

On 29 January a prosecutor's spokesman told the press, that the girl stayed in the night in question at the home of a 19-year-old male acquaintance, who is not suspected to have had sexual contact with her, but is considered as a witness.[5] The police found that man by evaluating data from a cell phone, as the girl herself told several versions of the story.[5] Apparently the girl wanted to get away and sought shelter at his home.[5] She had had problems in school and didn't want to go to her parents.[3] Nevertheless, criminal investigation due to severe child abuse continued against the two before mentioned persons, who are suspected to have had sexual contact with her in the months before her disappearance.[3][5][6] The age of consent in Germany is 14.

On 29 January Steinmeier and Lavrov agreed during a phone call not to broach the case any further.[7] On 31 January a speaker for the prosecutor's office told the press that the girl had "immediately admitted that the story of the rape was not true" when questioned by specialists three days after her disappearance.[8][9] On 1 February the mother of Lisa, Svetlana F., repeated the allegations which the girl told initially, adding that Lisa had hematomas under the eyes and blood in the mouth when she came home.[6] The girl was treated in a hospital's psychiatric ward.[6]

Reactions

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Fall Lisa: Das sind die Fakten, n-tv, in German
  2. ↑ Germany warns Russia over teen 'rape' case, BBC
  3. 1 2 3 13-Jährige versteckte sich wegen Schulproblemen, Die Welt, in German
  4. 1 2 Vergewaltigungsvorwürfe: Berlin weist Moskaus Kritik zurück, Süddeutsche Zeitung, in German
  5. 1 2 3 4 Angeblich vergewaltigtes Mädchen war bei einem Bekannten, Frankfurter Allgemeine, in German
  6. 1 2 3 Mutter bleibt bei Lisas Version des Tathergangs, Rheinische Post, in German
  7. ↑ Telefonat mit Steinmeier: Plötzlich will Lawrow "Fall Lisa" zu den Akten legen, Focus, in German
  8. ↑ Russian-German girl 'admits making up' claim she was raped by refugees in Berlin, The Independent
  9. ↑ German teenager 'made up' migrant rape claim, The Daily Telegraph
  10. ↑ Angebliche Vergewaltigung einer 13-Jährigen: Russland wirft deutschen Behörden Vertuschung vor, Der Spiegel, in German
  11. ↑ Fall Lisa: Steinmeier kritisiert Spekulationen aus Moskau, Frankfurter Neue Presse, in German
  12. ↑ Steinmeier kritisiert Moskauer Spekulationen über 13-Jährige, Berliner Zeitung, in German
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