A sworn affidavit submitted to Berlin authorities has intensified a political firestorm over a youth center rape case, alleging that suspects were not reported to police because staff feared contributing to the stigmatization of “Muslim boys.”
The document, now handed to Senate and district officials, comes from employees of a neighboring facility who say they urged staff at the Wutzkyallee youth center in the borough of Neukölln to file a criminal complaint over serious sexual assault allegations.
According to reporting by BZ, the affidavit claims authorities failed to act despite repeated warnings, with one justification allegedly being that the suspects were already under sufficient police scrutiny.
As we have previously reported, the case centers on a 16-year-old girl who was allegedly raped in November last year by a teenage suspect at the youth center. Months later, she is said to have been sexually assaulted again, this time by a group of up to eight Muslim teens in a secluded room inside the facility.
Previous reports noted how a culture of abuse had formed in the facility, where for months, there had been unwanted embraces, girls having their breasts and buttocks touched without consent, and being pulled onto boys’ laps.
The affidavit alleges that the perpetrators filmed the attacks and used the footage to blackmail the victim, while also attempting to contact her younger sister and pressure her into meeting them.
The claims are set out in full in the sworn statement, as reproduced by Bild and BZ:
“Rape by a male visitor to the Wutzkyallee youth center. We also reported that the victim stated that videos of the crimes were made by the group of perpetrators, with which the victim is regularly blackmailed. The group of perpetrators also attempts to persuade the victim’s younger sister to meet them.
In this context, we informed the social services coordinator that a report must be filed. The social services coordinator refrained from doing so, as she feared the marginalization of the group of perpetrators. In essence, she stated that the Muslim boys are already sufficiently in the sights of the police and that she wants to prevent a general suspicion.”
The allegations suggest that both the youth center and the local youth welfare office were aware of the incidents for weeks without informing police. Authorities only became involved after media reports brought the case to light.
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The scandal has triggered sharp political backlash in Berlin, with calls for Left Party youth councilor Sarah Nagel to resign over her handling of the case. A possible no-confidence vote is in the offing for next month.
Nagel has rejected accusations of a cover-up. “As of today, I would like to make it clear: There was absolutely no attempt to cover up the allegations,” she said, adding that “the perpetrators’ background played no role whatsoever in how the incidents were handled.”
According to BZ, however, Nagel had known about both the alleged crime and the inaction of her youth welfare office director for more than three weeks, yet no immediate consequences followed.
A request from the Berlin Senate to suspend the youth welfare office director during the investigation was also reportedly ignored, with officials citing high legal thresholds for disciplinary action.
The case remains under active investigation.
