A 40-year-old strip club owner from Sydney, Australia, has been found not guilty of rape after his lawyers successfully argued he suffers from “sexsomnia.”

Timothy Malcolm Rowland’s defence lawyers said he suffered from an episode of a rare sleep disorder involving individuals engaging in sex acts while they are not conscious.

Rowland had been accused of forcing non-consensual sex on a female friend at his apartment in August of 2022, after a night of drinking together. During the trial, counsel argued sexsomnia is a legitimate medical condition and that Rowland had been diagnosed with it by two medical specialists.