An Indiana man who claims he suffers from "sexsomnia" was sentenced Tuesday to probation for sexual battery of a teenage girl.

Andrew Passwaiter, 18, was accused of groping a 15-year-old girl at a spring break sleepover, WTHR reported. Passwaiter claimed he suffers from "sexsomnia," a sleep disorder which made him unable to remember what happened, police said. He told police that the psychologist who diagnosed him with the condition had since died.

A defense attorney told WTHR that sexsomnia is a recognized defense in Indiana, and is commonly referred to as the “sleepwalking defense.”

A judge sentenced Passwaiter to one year of probation and ordered the man to not have any contact with the girl, WTHR reported.

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Fulton DA Fani Willis (center) with Nathan J. Wade (right), the special prosecutor she hired to manage the Trump case and had a romantic relationship with, at a news conference announcing charges against President-elect Donald Trump and others in Atlanta, Aug. 14, 2023. Georgia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, upheld an appeals court's decision to disqualify Willis from the election interference case against Trump and his allies. (Kenny Holston/New York Times)

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