Prosecutors allege Brueckner raped three women and twice sexually molested children in Portugal.
His alleged victims include Irish mum Hazel Behan, who says he raped her when she was 20 and working as a holiday rep in Portugal in 2004.
He is also charged with raping and abusing a teenage girl and a 70 to 80-year-old woman at his house in Praia da Luz between December 2000 and June 2006.
Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner was in court today as he faced a string of unrelated charges.
Madeleine McCann prime suspect Christian Brueckner was today led into court wearing handcuffs as he faces a string of rape charges.
His lawyer Fülscher, funded by legal aid, immediately set about trying to discredit one of the lay-judges who will help decide Brueckner’s verdict - by claiming she has called for the assassination of a president on social media.
He said the woman had written “kill the b*****d now” and "kill the devil", referring to Brazilian leader Jair Bolsonaro.
Dr Fülscher said the remark meant she was unfit to sit on the case and could not be relied upon as far as his client was concerned.
The request was granted and proceedings were postponed until next Friday.