 Stigsson was arrested in early 2005 on suspicion of rape, spousal abuse and mishandling of top secret classified documents.He was convicted of spousal abuse on 6 July 2005 and sentenced to 6 months of prison for two counts of assault, which was later reduced to three months on appeal.Stigsson was relieved of all duties at the Swedish Armed Forces, while the government disciplinary board (Statens ansvarsnämnd) was reviewing whether Stigsson was to be dismissed from the Swedish Armed Forces.