Sie sagt. Er sagt.

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She says:
I lifted my
Hands against his
Breast. I said,
“no, not”.

He says:
At no time
has she said

“no” to any action.

Successful woman meets successful man. They start an affair. Both are married and have children. After a few years they decide to part in friendship, but a short time later chance brings them back together. Sexual intercourse occurs again. This was not consensual, she says. That's not true, he says. Who tells the truth? Will the court case shed light on this?

After the two extremely successful productions Terror and God, the Kammerspiele opens the season with the premiere of another court drama written by Ferdinand von Schirach. Once again the author deals with a highly explosive topic. This time he examines the question of whether and to what extent current legislation is sufficient to legally assess sexual assault. The public often sees an acquittal or termination of such proceedings as an indication that the victim has told an untruth. One remembers in the recent past, for example, E.g. the sensational trial of Johnny Depp vs. Amber Heard. The fundamental problem, however, is that the court does not have to judge what actually happened, but only what can be proven.