The case attracted national attention not only due to the prominence of the defendant but his effort to introduce a picture of the victim dressed as Adolph Hitler and giving a Nazi salute. His attorney claimed that the teenager controlled relationship and the picture was relevant because Biber is Jewish and the boy liked to dress as a man who killed Jews. Presumably the picture was offered to show the degree of alleged dominance of the victim over Biber.
Biber was convicted of getting the 15-year-old boy drunk and sexually assaulting him when the boy stayed overnight at his house. Prosecutors argued that Biber groomed the boy since he was 11 as a sexual partner.
Biber, 47, admitted the rape.
Psychologist James Alsdurf told the court that Biber “wanted to possess this boy” and would need three to four years of treatment.
Source: FoxTwinCities