Man Who Sexually Abused Teen Tried to Claim His Genitals Were Too Small to Commit the Crime

A 44-year-old Colorado man who sexually assaulted a teenage girl has learned his fate for sexually assaulting a teenage girl — after claiming at trial he couldn’t have committed the crime because his genitalia was too small.

Brandon Robert Berg, 44, was sentenced to 80 years behind bars after being convicted of sexual assault of a child by a person in a position of trust, aggravated incest and second-degree assault.

The victim was his 19-year-old stepdaughter, who told police in 2020 that she had been assaulted multiple times by Berg since she was 15, the Arapahoe County District Attorney's Office said in a statement.

When police interviewed Berg about the allegations, Berg told officers he was “unable to have sexual intercourse due to the size of his belly fat and small size of his genitalia,” the DA's office said.

“He also claimed he had an alternate sexual orientation which made him disinterested in the conduct alleged,” the statement continues, noting that Berg maintained those claims when testifying at his trial. 

The victim also accused Berg of physically abusing her: she bore a 4-inch scar on her back that she said was the result of Berg scratching her with a fork. On another occasion, the victim alleged he even branded her arm with a knife he had heated up on a stovetop, etching the initials "RB" for Brandon and his wife, Rebecca, the victim's biological mother.

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“The victim in this case showed immense courage and bravery by speaking up,” Chief Deputy District Attorney Jacob Kremin said. “She played an instrumental role in preserving evidence.” 

Rebecca Berg was also convicted of aggravated incest and was sentenced to 4-years-to-life, followed by 20 years of Sex Offender Intensive Supervision.

The victim said that her mother had sometimes joined Berg in abusing her.

Kremin said that despite an "array of ridiculous excuses," the couple's fate was sealed by DNA evidence preserved by the victim. She had called the police one day after Berg last sexually assaulted her, the DA's office said, and preserved clothing containing DNA evidence that matched Berg.