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Four question marks surrounding Sommerlath's story

Words against words. If the police report is correct, Patrick Sommerlath lies four times in the interview with Svensk Damtidning. If Sommerlath's version is true, he has "cooperated with the police all the way".

In the interview with Svensk Damtidning, Patrick Sommerlath admits that he deliberately stayed away from the police's attempts to inform him of suspicion of buying sex. Because he managed to stay away until the statute of limitations expired, the charges were recently dropped.

But the details of how he managed to stay away differ on four points between the police version and Sommerlath's version.

1: Sommerlath tells Svensk Damtidning: "I have cooperated with the police all the way."

The police's version: In a letter to the Stockholm district court, the police requested to search the house for serving. It appears that the police tried to reach Sommerlath physically, by phone, and by email without his response.

2: Sommerlath tells Svensk Damtidning that he has been "abroad since last Tuesday and before the serving", meaning since November 7.

The police's version: In the letter to the district court, the police state that on the first occasion of the search at 17:40 on November 9 at Sommerlath's residence at Drottningholm Castle, the castle guard says that "Patrick Sommerlath has not left the residence all day and they are trying to call Patrick Sommerlath without success".

3: Sommerlath directly answers Svensk Damtidning's question about whether he hid in his home by saying, "It's a complete lie."

The police's version: The letter to the district court indicates several times that Sommerlath hid in the residence. A friend and ex-wife say they have not received any information that he would be abroad. The ex-wife also says it is Sommerlath's "children's week from Monday the 13th". The information in point four also suggests that Sommerlath is lying.

4: Sommerlath says in the interview that "the light is electronic and basically always on".

The police's version: The statement about "electronic light" contradicts the police's letter. On the first occasion of the search, Sommerlath's car is parked outside the home, and the glow of a candle shines in his home. The next time, his car is still parked outside the residence, but then another light is on in the residence. To Svensk Damtidning, Sommerlath says that he did not drive abroad.

It can be added that the castle guards' information about Sommerlath's whereabouts has been changed several times. First, a castle guard says that Sommerlath did not leave the residence all day on November 9; later, it is said that he left the residence on the morning of November 9 to fly to Los Angeles; then it's said that he possibly left as early as November 8 or 7.

The district court rejected the police's request to search the house, citing certain circumstances that indicated Sommerlath "may be in his residence" while other circumstances "suggest otherwise".

In the interview with Svensk Damtidning, Patrick Sommerlath categorically denies that he would have bought sexual services:

- This whole story is absurd, he tells the tabloid.

Aftonbladet seeks Sommerlath for a comment.

Translation done by me of an article by Joachim Kerpner for Aftonbladet, published Nov. 17, 2023, at 14:42. The article has been translated and then edited for clarity.

Photo: Johan Valkonen

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