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15:03, July 06, 2007 |
An Israeli woman accuses ex-president Moshe Katsav in court papers released yesterday of raping her in his office, a charge he denied while admitting to other sex offences that forced him to quit in disgrace.
The woman, who worked for Katsav, gave her account as part of a petition she lodged in the Supreme Court, along with civil and women's rights groups, against a plea bargain under which Katsav is to be spared jail.
The woman, identified only as "A", said Katsav grabbed her from behind and demanded sex with her.
"He let go of her for a second and, frightened, she sat on a nearby chair," the court document said. According to the account, Katsav pulled "A" out of the chair and raped her.
"A" said she had stayed away from her job as Katsav's office administrator for three days after the assault.
Attorney-General Mordechai Mazuz said in January he would charge Katsav with rape and other sexual assaults. But last week he said he was not including the rape charges in a revised indictment filed under the plea bargain - angering women's rights groups and sparking a protest by 20,000 demonstrators in Tel Aviv.
Katsav admitted a string of indecent acts against one woman who worked for him and to sexually harassing another female employee. He resigned last Friday.
Katsav, 62, could have faced a maximum seven years in jail for the original offences, instead he will receive a suspended sentence instead and pay nearly $12,000 in compensation to the women.
Source: China Daily/agencies
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