The police confirm in a press release that a man is charged with section 291 of the Penal Code.
This deals with sexual intercourse with violence or threatening behavior.
The charge is said to have been taken in connection with the police seizing the man’s mobile phone, according to VG, who first mentioned the charge.
The accused man has been questioned twice. He does not plead guilty.
– The accused has not been arrested and it is not changes in the evidence recently that are the basis for changing the status, the police write in the press release.
The man is now charged in connection with the police using coercive measures against the man to secure evidence in the case.
– The case concerns rape. Due to the type of case, this case has a high priority with us, says police attorney Lilian Anderson Kleppe to NRK.
Several questioned
Several people have been questioned, according to Kleppe. The man was given the status of accused at the end of last week.
– The police have conducted a number of interrogations in the case, but the investigation is ongoing. Among other things, several interrogations will be carried out further, but I can not go into detail on exactly what the police are planning next, says police attorney Lilian Anderson Kleppe.
Fire chief Vibeke Johanessen herself has stated that she has had status as a witness in the case.
Last week, the police are said to have seized surveillance photos.
– We have handed over what the police have wanted from surveillance images, Johanessen told NRK yesterday.
On Thursday, SK Brann issued a new press release.
– This is a serious development in the case. For everyone involved, this is a deeply tragic and regrettable case. The sports club Brann assists the police with what we can, the club writes in the press release.
SERIOUS: The sports club Brann describes the development in the case as serious.
Photo: Gerd Johanne Braadland / NRK
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Two investigations
This week came the news that Police are also investigating a possible case of violence. A man is suspected and a woman is offended.
Police confirm that they are investigating whether the woman has been subjected to a physical assault. The suspect does not plead guilty.
The woman has reported the case to the police. She is on sick leave as a result of the stresses after the case, according to her assistance lawyer Hilde Cecilie Matre.
– She has been questioned by the police, but I can not say anything more about the background about why she was in the interrogations, Matre says to NRK.
Player was fired
After the sequel, there have been more details about what happened that night.
On Monday, nine Brann players appeared as participants in the nachspielet. In a statement, they wrote that they did not recognize themselves in many of the descriptions from the media and rumors that have gone on social media.
In addition to the nine, Mikkel Andersen, Kristoffer Barmen and Vegard Forren were present.
Barmen was fired from the club on Friday, while Andersen asked to have his contract terminated. Forren and Brann agreed to terminate the contract on August 11 for family reasons.
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