Overview
- Andreas Jurca confirmed he knowingly hired the aide after the 2023 rape conviction and said he will keep him on staff.
- The aide was sentenced to a two-year suspended term after seven months in custody for twice raping his then-partner in 2022, according to court records reported by Augsburger Allgemeine.
- At the Augsburg district court trial, the man confessed during a procedural deal, and a police witness deemed the victim credible with parts of her account supported by chat logs.
- Jurca described the case as a relationship dispute and said he has no doubts about the aide’s character, while the aide said he accepted the verdict to return to his family and disputed parts of the accusations.
- A Bavarian state parliament spokeswoman said staffers do not need a clean criminal record and that each member is responsible for hires that must not risk the legislature’s safety or integrity.