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Ex-FDP Lawmaker Hartmut Ebbing Denies Abuse After Co-Defendant Admits Offense and Accuses Him

The case turns on conflicting testimony alongside digital evidence described in court.

Overview

  • Ebbing, a former FDP member of the Bundestag, told the Braunschweig regional court he did not touch the boy.
  • The 52-year-old co-defendant, identified as a teacher, confessed to sexually abusing her then seven-year-old son in 2021.
  • She testified that she saw Ebbing touch the child in a shower during a visit to Goslar.
  • Ebbing rejected that account as “plainly false” and acknowledged explicit chats with the woman as fantasies he says were never carried out.
  • Prosecutors allege the woman photographed the abuse and sent the images to Ebbing, a claim the court is examining as proceedings continue.