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Fredrick Federley breaks the silence.
In an interview with Falu Kuriren and Avesta Tidning, he talks about the verdict against his former close relative.
– On the eve of the summer solstice, I tell a couple of friends and have the first panic attack of my life. I understand that it is difficult to have a relationship with someone who has been convicted of a crime, he says.
Former Center Party leader Fredrick Federley announced this week that he is leaving politics due to the verdict against his former relatives.
Now he tells in an exclusive interview with the messenger of Falu and Avesta Tidning about the time that has elapsed since the crime was discovered for him.
Photo: BJÖRN LINDAHL
Fredrick Federley.
Federley says he never tried to downplay the nature of the crime. On June 14, he learned that his relatives were in prison.
– As he tells it, it is not disgusting, it has been in someone else’s hands. I can also read a statement made by his psychologist in May. I understand that in all situations, regardless of the nature of the crime, it is compromising for a politician to associate with someone who has a criminal past. Regardless of nature, he says.
– There is an incredible momentum around purity and puritanism among politicians. At the same time, I have always had a home that is open to everything and everyone, and that also means that I have met some people who are more or less broken, he says.
One night in early August, Federley had a long conversation with his relative about his time in prison. Federley then reads a psychologist’s statement from February that mentions child pornography crimes and sex crimes against children.
Even today, Federley has not read the verdict.
– I can not do this. Then I break down.
After Federley read the psychologist’s statement in early August, the relationship continued. He says that at the time he did not understand the magnitude of the crime, but that at that time he should have sought help.
– Besides this internal battle between good and evil and the questions about whether one can atone for their crimes or not, I have not yet realized the scope of this. What is in the note that I have seen is not as crude as in reality.
In August, the couple agree that they have no future together. The man is still alive and on November 23, Federley breaks contact with his then partner.
– I ask myself questions like “what kind of person am I that puts him on a bare hill?” He has done nothing now. He has not been more than kind to me, especially in a very fragile situation.
The text is updated.
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