14th suspect in Tel Aviv gang rape indicted
Young man arrested after gang rape affair exposed indicted for allegedly having sex with complainant on instruction of her boyfriend, even though she was against it. 'I didn't bring him for nothing,' the main suspect told her
The State Prosecutor's Office filed an indictment Friday against an 18-year old from Afula who allegedly was involved in the gang rape of a 15-year-old young woman from Tel Aviv. He is the 14th person indicted in the case.
The indictment was filed in Tel Aviv District Court for charges of attempted rape under aggravated circumstances, lewd acts, and sodomy.
The indictment reveals that the defendant met the plaintiff and her then boyfriend in 2007 in a billiards hall in north Tel Aviv. Later, the three went to the boyfriend's house where the couple started having sexual intercourse in front of the Afula teen.
After having sex with her, the boyfriend told his friend to get ready to have sex with her as well. Even though she said she was not interested in having sexual relations with the friend, the boyfriend responded angrily, "I didn't bring him here for nothing." Immediately after, the friend committed lewd acts on her against her will.
The Afula teen was arrested two days ago on suspicions of being involved in the gang rape of the Tel Aviv girl. Thirteen defendants were brought before Tel Aviv District Court where they were indicted for sexual abuse.
Their parents are still trying to digest the serious charges made against their children. "I don't understand how this happened," said one of them to Ynet.
Several other teens are suspected to have known of the case through word of mouth, but police were involved only recently when one of the parents came forward.
Twelve of the suspects are underage while one is above 18, but his identity has been placed under a gag order because the crimes he is accused of were allegedly committed while underage.
The youths have been charged with rape, abuse, threats, and extortion. Police say the case is one of the worst to have been revealed in Tel Aviv in recent years, and that they possess evidence involving additional suspects.
Police say the young woman's abuse began at age 15 with a simple love affair between herself and a boy her age, who later took advantage of her feelings for him to force her to have sexual relations with his friends – at times with several of them present.
The girl, now 18, was summoned by police for questioning and described many incidents of rape. She said she had been beaten and humiliated by the suspects, and that they had thrown bags of water at her. Police also suspect that some of the videos showing the girl being raped by the suspects can be seen online.
