Katsav requests presidential pardon on rape conviction
Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav requested a presidential pardon to appeal his rape conviction.
Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav requested a presidential pardon to appeal his rape conviction.
Israel\’s Supreme Court began hearing an appeal by former President Moshe Katsav on his conviction for sexual offenses.
Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav\’s sentence to prison on rape and sexual assault convictions shows that not even the country\’s leaders are above the law, Israeli leaders stressed. A panel of three Tel Aviv District Court judges on Tuesday sentenced Katsav to seven years in jail and ordered him to pay compensation to his victims. The sentence came nearly five years after he was first accused. Katsav, 65, reportedly began sobbing after the verdict was read and then yelled out several times, interrupting the judges, saying \”It\’s all lies,\” \”the sentence is a mistake\” and \”it\’s not true.\”
Hundreds of rabbis and Jewish leaders have signed on to an online petition by Rabbis for Human Rights denouncing rabbinical defenders of former Israeli President Moshe Katsav. Late last month, dozens of religious Zionist rabbis sent a letter of support to Katsav, who was convicted in December by a three-judge panel of “rape, sexual harassment, committing an indecent act while using force, harassing a witness and obstruction of justice.”
For years it was considered an open secret in Israeli political and media circles that Moshe Katsav had a habit of sexually harassing women who worked for him.
Former Israeli president Moshe Katsav has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault, more than four years after he was first accused.
Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav will be indicted on sexual offense charges, the attorney general announced.\n\nMenachem Mazuz said Sunday that Katsav will be indicted on rape and indecent assault charges involving several women who worked closely with him when he served as tourism minister and president. He also will be charged with obstruction of justice.
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