Sexual assault? (Illustration)
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Another reality TV star accused of assault
Police launch investigation against reality show participant over suspicions of sodomy. Suspect says this is case of 'personal vengeance'
Less than a week after the arrest of a reality star over
suspicions that he committed severe sex-offenses, Tel Aviv District police has launched an investigation against another reality show star.
The suspect was detained for questioning last week following a complaint from a woman who claimed he sodomized her. While police believe that in this case the acts were consensual they are investigating claims of an attack.
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In a complaint filed last month, M. told of how she met the suspect two years ago and recently renewed the relationship with him after he began to woo her. "He used his smooth tongue and managed to capture me in his web," she told Ynet.
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According to M. the attack occurred on their first date. She said they had planned on meeting each other near his apartment but when she called he said he wasn't ready yet and that she should come up. M. refused at first but after he chided her she complied and went upstairs.
When M. went into his apartment she found that he hadn't gotten dressed and when asked why he wasn't ready, the suspect started kissing her. At first she responded, but when she said they should leave he started pushing her towards the bed, continued kissing her and even slapped her.
According to M.'s testimony, the suspect became more violent and aggressive – slapping and biting her. She tried to fight back but he continued, committing severe sexual acts against her. M. said she was shocked by the degradation claiming "I'm not some groupie, we met two years ago, and he wasn't some random stranger."
'Police incompetent'
The very next day M. turned to the center for victims of sexual assault, and one week later lodged a complaint with the police. The police launched an investigation but only detained the suspect for questioning last week.The suspect was released under restrictions and told to stay away from the complainant.
The Tel Aviv District police's spokesman said that "after the testimony was taken from the complainant a decision was made to charge the suspect with assault and not indecent acts. The investigation revealed that the sexual intercourse was consensual."
Yet the complainant and her representatives are alleging police incompetence on the issue. "There are suspicions of grievous offenses and the police are managing the investigation into the case in a careless manner," attorney Gal Wolf claimed.
Meanwhile, the reality star made a statement in which he said: "The background for the case was suspicions of assault but there was no sexual aspect to the suspicions in the investigation. The woman involved is someone I dated in the past who most likely no longer interested me – this is a case of personal vengeance."
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