An expensive drunken stupor!

Groping a waitress and then causing an accident

"I'm shocked at myself when I hear all this," said the defendant, who had decidedly stepped too close to a waitress.(Bild: HS, Krone KREATIV)

A "film tear" at Lake Neufeld costs a 24-year-old Lower Austrian an estimated 10,000 euros. First he sexually harassed a woman from Burgenland, then he caused a traffic accident. He can't remember anything.

The 27-year-old Burgenland woman, who has not worked as a waitress since then, will never forget August 18, 2024. Neither will the 24-year-old man from Lower Austria, even though he can't remember anything. "I had a film tear," said the man at the Eisenstadt regional court, where he had to answer for sexual harassment.

Liters of wine and champagne
He met up with a friend he hadn't seen for ages in a pub on Lake Neufeld. "We drank a few bottles of wine. Then we switched to champagne. And finally to schnapps. That's all I know," says the accused, who is helped by the victim: "At first he started calling me Pupperl. Later on, he just licked my face like that. After he grabbed my bottom, I called security. The police were also there with two cars. I never saw this person again after that."

"I'm normally respectful"
The Lower Austrian was "shocked at myself when I heard all this. I'm normally a respectful person." The former waitress accepted his "sincere apology", which was a significant mitigating factor in the sentencing.

The 24-year-old, who had appeared without a lawyer, immediately accepted the diversion offered - a fine of 2,000 euros and an administrative charge of 150 euros - before requesting payment in installments. Because: "5700 euros for the driver's license are still outstanding." After the police had ordered him to leave the lake area, the skilled worker got into his car and caused a traffic accident.

The bottom line: the drunken stupor on that August day cost him at least 7850 euros. Not to mention the repair costs for the car.