Wednesday, September 9, 2026 - A Swiss couple who spent 599 days in prison after being convicted of abusing their teenage daughter have been released after she admitted that she had fabricated the allegations.
According to Mail Online, the
teenager had accused her mother and stepfather of physical and s£xual
abuse.
A Zurich court said the
then-14-year-old's claims had a 'high probability of credibility ' and
sentenced her stepfather to three years in prison, while her mother received a
22-month sentence in July 2021.
This was even though her teachers
had told the court she was known to lie regularly and had spoken of hearing
voices in her head.
Following an appeal at the High
Court in 2023, the stepfather was sentenced to 50 months for aggravated
ass@ult and multiple counts of child s£xual abuse, while the mother received 47
months for aiding and abetting.
Now aged 19, the teen has
withdrawn her allegations, and the High Court has since overturned her parents'
convictions, Swiss newspaper Tages-Anzeiger reports.
In her confession, she said she
had lied because she 'only wanted her freedom,' according to the publication,
adding that she never intended to file a police report at the time.
The Zurich juvenile prosecutor's
office has since opened a criminal investigation into the young woman for false
accusation, obstruction of justice, and unlawful deprivation of liberty.
A preliminary investigation
confirmed the authenticity of her confession and revealed no evidence that she
had been pressured to retract her accusations.
Following her confession,
questions are being raised over how the teenager managed to deceive
authorities.
Her original allegations included
being punched and kicked, and beaten with a vacuum cleaner and chairs by her
mother and stepfather.
She also described being s£xually
ass@ulted by her stepfather in the living room and garden and told the court
she would dress in multiple layers of clothing to protect herself from the
abuse.
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