Supreme Court: DJ Cityflash guilty of rape and ordered to pay 7,000

The Estonian Supreme Court found DJ Cityflash, real name Meelis Eskola, guilty of rape, reinstating a three-year prison sentence and 7,000 in damages to the victim. The appeals court had misassessed the evidence. The question of whether the sentence will be served in full remains unresolved.

The Estonian Supreme Court on Friday found Meelis Eskola, known professionally as DJ Cityflash, guilty of rape, determining that the appeals court had misassessed the evidence. The court reinstated the three-year prison sentence and ordered him to pay 7,000 in compensation to the victim.

The Supreme Court's ruling quashed the previous decision of the appeals court, which had rejected the guilty verdict. The highest court found that the lower court erred in its analysis of the evidence and failed to give sufficient weight to the credibility of the victim's testimony.

However, one important question remains unresolved: the court must reconsider whether Eskola will serve the three-year prison sentence in full or whether it can be suspended. This aspect of the case will be returned to the lower court.

Meelis Eskola is a well-known DJ and musician in Estonia who performs under the stage name Cityflash. The criminal case has attracted widespread public attention both for the course of the trial and the complexity of the evidence assessment.