Overview
- Claudia Wuttke says she discovered 67 videos showing years of drugging, rape and filming by her ex-partner after police contacted her in June 2025.
- Prosecutors have discontinued 65 of the 67 investigations because the alleged crimes fall outside Germany’s usual five-year statute of limitations for rape.
- Two incidents will be prosecuted: one recorded in 2021 that falls within the five-year window and one involving a baseball bat that qualifies as a 'dangerous instrument' and triggers a longer limitation period.
- Wuttke says she believes she was drugged and unaware of the abuse but cannot now produce physical evidence for older incidents because traces have long since vanished.
- The case has prompted public debate and scrutiny of Germany’s time limits for sexual offences and officials say legal and investigative steps are under review as a first court hearing for the two charges is expected soon.