Former Israeli president convicted of rape

[peacebird]

Source: AP

JERUSALEM – Former Israel President Moshe Katsav was convicted Thursday of raping an employee when he was a Cabinet minister, the most serious criminal charges ever brought against a high-ranking official and a case that shocked the nation.

Katsav, 65, faces a minimum of four years and up to 16 years in prison on two counts of raping an employee in 1998 when he was tourism minister. The Tel Aviv District Court also convicted him on lesser counts of indecent acts and sexual harassment involving two other women who worked for him when he was president


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[RantinRavin]

1. Hmmmm

I wonder what information he was about to release.

[Kaleko]

5. My first thoughts exactly.

Allegations of sexual misconduct have been used too often to assassinate some character in the charade of righteous play-acting we're watching on the world stage.

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[24601]

3. Ah Feeeel Yough Pain! Another vast right-wing conspiracy to

lock up liberal Jewish voters.

[TroglodyteScholar]

4. Woah.

:wow: