Satmar Reportedly Launches All Out War Against Weberman Victim’s Family, Supporters, Media
Since Rabbi Nechemya Weberman was convicted on 59 counts of sexual abuse Monday, his supporters in Satmar have told customers to boycott the victim’s parents’ businesses, pulled ads from Zev Brenner’s radio show in retaliation for interviewing Weberman’s victim’s husband and the DA, attacked anti-child-sexual-abuse activist Rabbi Nuchem Rosenberg and threatened to frame the victim’s husband.
Rabbi Nechemya Weberman
Satmar Reportedly Launches All Out War Against Weberman Victim’s Family, Supporters, Media
By Shmarya Rosenberg
It’s an all out dirty war.
The Daily News reports that since Rabbi Nechemya Weberman was convicted on 59 counts of sexual abuse Monday, his supporters in Satmar have told customers to boycott the victim’s parents’ businesses, pulled ads from Zev Brenner’s radio show in retaliation for interviewing Weberman’s victim’s husband and the DA, and spat on anti-child-sexual-abuse activist Rabbi Nuchem Rosenberg.
“It’s getting serious,” a source in law enforcement reportedly told the News.
It sure is – even more serious than the Daily News reported.
According to the victim’s husband Boory, after the conviction Weberman’s family threatened to have girls falsely claim that Boory sexually assaulted them when they were minors.
Rabbi Nuchem Rosenberg was attacked with bleach in Williamsburg the day after Weberman’s conviction.
One man, a hasid named Meilech Schnitzler, has been arrested in that attack, but police and the DA Charles Hynes insist the attack was not directly related to the Weberman verdict.
Rosenberg and his lawyer – Abe George, a potential candidate for Brooklyn DA – disagree. They also want Hynes to step aside and bring in another district attorney to prosecute the case. They believe Hynes won’t handle Rosenberg’s case fairly because of the years Rosenberg criticized Hynes’ inaction on and mishandling of haredi child sex abuse cases.
Even before the conviction, the victim’s family felt the sting of Satmar’s wrath.
At trial the victim testified that after she filed a criminal complaint against Weberman, her father’s business started losing clients, her nieces were kicked out of their Satmar school, and her husband’s restaurant’s kosher certificate was cancelled, forcing the restaurant to close.
After Weberman was found guilty, a text message was circulated in the Satmar community naming the victim’s mother and accusing her of “killing the Jewish Nation.”
“Please send around to at least 10 people. If you’re going to [name redacted] to make your face . . . you are a part of killing the Jewish Nation and five [Weberman] kids are home without a father,” the Daily News translation from Yiddish reads.
“The pressure — it’s unbelievable. I can’t take it anymore,” the victim’s mother told the Daily News.
The News also reports that what they identify as “sources close to the case” say that Weberman’s backers want to hire criminal defense attorney Alan Dershowitz to handle Weberman’s appeal.
Related articles
- BROOKLYN: Hassidic Leader Found Guilty On 59 Counts Of Child Molestation (joemygod.blogspot.com)
- Nechemya Weberman Found Guilty of Sexual Abuse (nytimes.com)
- Rabbi who fought against child sex abuse is attacked with bleach (independent.co.uk)
- Orthodox Rabbis Laud Conviction Of Hasidic Nechemya Weberman On Sexual Abuse Charges (huffingtonpost.com)
- Police charge man with throwing chemical at rabbi (wtkr.com)
- Rabbi Nuchem Rosenberg Doused, Maybe With Bleach, in Williamsburg (nytimes.com)
- Weberman Sex Abuse Trial: Principal’s Testimony Causes Spectators To Burst Out Laughing (failedmessiah.typepad.com)
- Editorial: Justice in Williamsburg (nytimes.com)
