Celebrity rabbi takes plea bargain over bribery
JERUSALEM - A multimillionaire Israeli celebrity rabbi with a following in the U.S. has accepted a plea bargain in a high-profile bribery case and could face a year in prison, an Israeli official said Wednesday, bringing closer an end to one of the rabbi's various legal sagas.
As part of the plea bargain, the official said, Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto will admit to bribing a senior Israeli police officer in 2012 for access to his police file.
Israeli prosecutors will seek a year-long jail sentence for Pinto, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity pending an official announcement.
