As of today (9:30 a.m.) two brothers (33 and 25 years old) have to answer for forced prostitution at the Düsseldorf Regional Court.
The 33-year-old is said to have lured a then 18-year-old vocational school student from Regensburg to Düsseldorf with the “loverboy” scam three years ago and forcibly forced her to prostitution and group sex with friends and acquaintances.
Düsseldorf - His younger brother is also accused as a helper.
He is said to have driven the young woman to sex dates several times and also hit her.
He is also charged with drug possession.
The brothers were arrested in October 2019 and have been in custody ever since.
A first process had to be canceled due to illness-related interruptions - including corona cases.
Now the negotiation starts again.
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