Berlin police officer charged with sexually assaulting colleague during raft trip

A colleague who witnessed the incident intervened and told the 29-year-old to sit down: "Ein Kollege soll eingeschritten sein und den 29-Jährigen ermahnt haben, sich hinzusetzen." After that, the intoxicated officer is said to have reacted with a sexist insult: "Der angetrunkene Polizist soll daraufhin mit einer sexistischen Beleidigung reagiert haben."

Reaction of a colleague and an alleged insult

The alleged offence took place on 20 August 2025 — "am 20. August 2025" — during a social outing on a raft: "bei einer Floßfahrt in Berlin-Spandau." The case has drawn attention because the accused and the alleged victim were colleagues within the Berlin police force, making it an internal matter for one of Germany's largest law-enforcement agencies.

The Berlin public prosecutor's office has not yet filed the case at a trial court. Whether and when proceedings will open at the Amtsgericht Tiergarten remains undecided, with officials stating: "Ob und wann es zum Prozess vor dem Amtsgericht Tiergarten kommt, ist offen." The accused is presumed innocent unless and until a court reaches a final conviction.

What happens next in court

The indictment itself marks the first formal step of the German criminal process in which prosecutors accuse a named suspect of a specific offence and request that the court open main proceedings. If the Amtsgericht Tiergarten admits the charge, the case would move to a public trial, where evidence would be heard and a verdict delivered.

Cases of alleged sexual assault by police officers against their own colleagues are relatively rare in public reporting but typically attract close scrutiny because of the power dynamic and the institution's mandate to uphold the law. The Berlin prosecutor's office did not name either the accused or the alleged victim, in line with German privacy rules for ongoing proceedings.

A date for a possible trial has not been set. Defence lawyers were not named in the available reporting, and it is not known whether the accused has commented publicly on the allegations. The Berlin police have not, according to the verified information, issued a separate statement on the case beyond the prosecutor's confirmation of the indictment.