A Glostrup court said on Wednesday that a Danish man had been acquitted of molesting two 17 year old girls due to the man suffering from a rare sleep disorder known as “sexsomnia.”

The man had reportedly fondled the two girls while they were sleeping in his suburban Copenhagen apartment after a party in 2011 while he was asleep.

The court cleared the 31 year-old male of his sex crimes, citing that he suffered from “sexsomnia”, a condition in which a person engages in sexual activity while sleeping.

According to Danish sleep specialist, Michael Laub “sexsomnia” is a very real, yet rare sleep disorder,

The man accused of molesting the two girls claims to have to recollection of what happened.

[Source: ABC News]