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Accuser: Israeli president guilty of physical terrorism (Extra)
Jun 28, 2007, 15:55 GMT
Tel Aviv - A former staffer at the Israeli president's residence charged Thursday that outgoing President Moshe Katsav raped her and performed 'physical and mental' terrorism on her, turning her into a 'sex slave.'
The staffer, known only as 'A', was the first of 10 women to lodge complaints against the president for sexual misconduct, including rape. Most of the charges, including those by A, were not included in a plea bargain Katsav signed Thursday.
A gave her version of events at a news conference in the late afternoon, several hours after the plea bargain was announced. She said that not including her accusations in the plea bargain was 'giving sex offenders licence and legitimacy.'
Speaking mostly in a matter-of-fact voice, she said that while working in the president's residence she underwent increasing sexual harassment from Katsav.
She claimed Katsav would call her in the morning and ask her to come to work wearing a skirt with no underwear underneath.
She then described how Katsav once put his hand inside her shorts, and then some days later raped her in his office.
Katsav's attorney, Avigdor Feldman, told Israel Radio after A's news conference that she was a liar.
Katsav has maintained throughout the whole affair that he is innocent of all charges.
© 2007 dpa - Deutsche Presse-AgenturCOMMENT
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They start by raping the countries surrounding them in every possible way they can and of course the inevitable happens, the evil turns it attention inward.
Horrible people committing evil acts.
to:Comments from the losers below.
Why don't you take your islamic fundemental asses and get a job! Quit making excusses for why you eat goat crap every day. You losers still can't fight except for a mob. Mobs are out of control, you have nobody SMART enough to lead the rest of you chimpanzees. Oh, sorry we left all that uranium from our BB's, I hope your pekers fall off, ha!
You are giving the posters worldwide a good laugh.
Is there nobody brighter than you around? You make chimps look like Einstein go play with yourself you puff (not poff)
Why are you so bitter? Would you be saying the same if that was you Mother or Sister?
Dear Poff,
Like the rest of Israelis you are displaying an arrogant sense of delusion about your importance and horrible misery your nation causes other human beings,
As a physiatrist I am quite worried about the fragile state of your little mind and personality; you are displaying classic signs of having been sexually interfered with as a child most possibly from your Dad or Uncle.
Please go to the police and report the abuses you suffered in childhood and seek help, believe me you need it.
Yours Truly
The Psychiatrist
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Just the President?Jun 28th, 2007 - 18:50:12
There are bunch of them in the Government!
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