Back in June 2022 it was revealed by the ‘Times of Israel’ that the ‘Haredi radio host’ who has been accused of sexual assault by a woman was Dudi Shwamenfeld of the popular Israeli ultra-Orthodox radio station ‘Kol Berama’.
They write:
‘Dudi Shwamenfeld has been named as the Haredi radio host accused by multiple women of sexual abuse.
News of the story broke earlier this month, when it emerged that at least six women had accused the then-unnamed radio host of sexual assault. Now, according to the Ynet news site, at least one of the complainants has filed an official police complaint against Shwamenfeld, a longtime host on the popular Kol Berama radio station that serves the ultra-Orthodox community.
The woman, now 31, told Ynet that she was 19 when she first heard Shwamenfeld’s radio show and decided to reach out to him via Facebook. “We started to correspond. At a certain point he suggested we meet, but I didn’t want to,” she said. But she said Shwamenfeld convinced her to meet and “promised it would be interesting.”
Shwamenfeld asked her to meet him inside his Bnei Brak apartment, she claimed, saying that he did not want to be seen in public with a woman. “I went upstairs to his home, we spoke a little… then he pushed me against the wall in a very aggressive way,” she said. She alleged that he forcibly kissed her and pushed his hand inside her underwear. “I tried to struggle, but he used his weight to block me,” she said, before he forced her into his bedroom and pinned her down on the bed.
“I shouted ‘get off me,’ but it didn’t help,” she told Ynet. “I went berserk, I fought him like in a movie, and he resisted even further.” She said she eventually managed to free herself and fled to the living room. He followed, grabbed her hand and forced her to touch his genitals, the woman alleged.
Multiple other women told Ynet anonymously of similar assault allegations, including one who said she was 16 when the abuse began.
Shwamenfeld, who ran for Knesset unsuccessfully in 2015 with Eli Yishai’s now-defunct Yachad party, denied any such allegations.
As of Monday afternoon, Shwamenfeld was still listed on the Kol Berama website as one of its hosts, but he has not appeared on the show at all in 2022. On the January 2 episode, his co-host said Shwamenfeld was absent due to COVID; by January 12, Shwamenfeld’s name had been removed from the show’s intro; and on Sunday, a new recorded intro with Shwamenfeld’s replacement was put in place.
The claims against Shwamenfeld were publicized, without naming him, on January 4. The radio station did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
An attorney for Shwamenfeld claimed that the stories are fake and an attempt to smear his client and gain attention.
“Such anonymous publications are the refuge of every villain and coward,” the attorney told Ynet. “The temptation to publish false information about my client is high, especially these days, when attributing sexual abuse to the ultra-Orthodox gets a higher-than-usual rating.”’ (1)
I can find no additional information about this and whether Shwamenfeld was either charged or cleared, which goes to suggest that what probably occurred – although I cannot prove it either way – is the charges were quietly hushed up by the ultra-Orthodox community who are famous for doing this via bribery, social exclusion using the Mesirah principle (aka labelling the victims ‘Mosers’ aka ‘Informers’) (2) and/or more generalised social pressure. (3)
So that the Israeli police have been unable to continue their prosecution of Shwamenfeld due to ‘lack of evidence’ (aka the ultra-Orthodox rabbonim got them to ‘disappear’ or ‘recant’) which seems to have what occurred especially given there were multiple women coming forward making similar charges against Shwamenfeld and the victim’s story as given by the ‘Times of Israel’ is infinitely plausible and quite reasonable while not being ridiculous or overly lurid.
Thus we can see that Dudi Shwamenfeld is very likely yet another jewish rapist and sex pest who has been freed by the jewish community even though he molested/raped other jewesses.
References
(1) https://www.timesofisrael.com/popular-haredi-radio-host-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-multiple-women/ also see https://www.timesofisrael.com/education-director-in-haredi-city-named-as-suspect-in-child-sex-abuse-case/
(2) On the severity of this charge and how it has traditionally been punished by things like extra-judicial lynchings see: Myer Lew, 1944, ‘The Jews of Poland: Their Political, Economic, Social and Communal Life in the Sixteenth Century as reflected in the Works of Rabbi Moses Isserls’, 1st Edition, Edward Goldston: London, pp. 128-129
(3) See Michael Lesher, 2014, ‘Sexual Abuse, Shonda and Concealment in Orthodox Jewish Communities’, 1st Edition, McFarland: Jefferson, pp. 33-52; 170-187; also see Isaac Schechter, 2011, ‘Sexual Abuse in the Religion Community: Systems, Experience and Repair’, pp. 304-330 in David Mandel, David Pelcovitz (Eds.), 2011, ‘Breaking the Silence: Sexual Abuse in the Jewish Community’, 1st Edition, Ktav: New York