Overview
- Prosecutors in Sweden filed charges Monday, accusing the 62-year-old of aggravated pimping, eight rapes, four attempted rapes, and four assaults.
- He was arrested in late October 2025 after his wife reported him to police in northern Sweden, has remained in custody, and denies the allegations.
- Investigators have identified about 120 suspected buyers of the woman's sexual services, with 26 men charged so far and more cases under review.
- The charge sheet describes online ads, arranged meetings, guarding during encounters, threats that invoked “the monster,” forced sexual acts recorded on video, and exploitation of the woman’s drug addiction.
- Swedish law bans buying sex and criminalizes facilitating sales while not outlawing selling sex, a framework that shapes charges against both the alleged organizer and clients.