In a February 2022 interview with the Irish Independent, Gustavson said he had performed the genital nullification procedure on 58 other men, and that he kept the removed genitals in his freezer or stored them in alcohol.
The court heard that Gustavson, who appeared in the dock Tuesday in a wheelchair, had his own leg, penis and nipple removed. He told the Irish newspaper last year that he had the procedure done to himself because he wanted to "look like a ken doll down there."
The charges against Gustavson include the removal of a man's penis, the clamping of another's testicles and the freezing of a man's leg, which required amputation, the London Magistrates' Court told CBS News on Wednesday. Gustavson was also charged with making and distributing an indecent image of a child.
Police said the charges against him relate to 13 alleged victims in total.
All nine suspects have now appeared in courts in central London and Wales over the alleged six-year plot, which is said to have generated £200,000, or about $246,000, in income for those involved.
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